microcytic anemia


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Noun1.microcytic anemia - anemia in which the average size of erythrocytes is smaller than normal
anemia, anaemia - a deficiency of red blood cells
microcytosis - a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia
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Chapter 20 -- Global Anemia Treatment Market Analysis 2013--2017 & Opportunity Assessment 2018--2028 by Disease Based on disease, the anemia treatment market is segmented into normocytic anemia, microcytic anemia, and macrocytic anemia.
Laboratory tests showed thrombocytopenia, neutrophilia, erythrocytosis, hypochromic microcytic anemia, and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Female medical undergraduate students in the age group of 18-25 years having mild anemia with a Hb of 10 to <12 g/dl and having a peripheral smear picture of hypochromic, microcytic anemia were included in the study.
Hypochromic microcytic anemia: a clincopathological cross-sectional study.
Castleman-Kojima disease (TAFRO syndrome): A novel systemic inflammatory disease characterized by a constellation of symptoms, namely, thrombocytopenia, ascites (anasarca), microcytic anemia, myelofibrosis, renal dysfunction, and organomegaly: A status report and summary of Fukushima (6 June, 2012) and Nagoya meetings (22 September, 2012).
Blood examination showed mild microcytic anemia (hemoglobin level was 125 g/L and MCV was 73.8 fL).
Enhanced Accuracy of Optical Platelet Counts in Microcytic Anemia. Lab Med 2014; 45: 32-6.
Microcytic anemia was detected in the peripheral spread.
Laboratory work showed leukocytosis, microcytic anemia, thrombocythemia, and an elevated hemoglobin A1c.
Thalassaemia are heterogeneous group of genetic disorder of hemoglobin synthesis characterized by decrease globin chain production leading to microcytic anemia. Alpha and beta variants of Thalassaemia result from reduction of alpha and beta globulin chains respectively.4
Microcytic anemia. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(14), 1324-1331.