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Anemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Microcytic anemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microcytic anemia (BrE: anaemia ) is a generic term for any type of anemia characterized by small red blood cells. The normal mean corpuscular volume (abbreviated to MCV on full blood count results...
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Endocrine disorders (eg, pituitary insufficiency, adrenal insufficiency, hypothyroidism) commonly produce a normochromic-normocytic anemia. Unless a specific deficiency of iron, vitamin B12, or folate is identified, treatment focuses on the underlying disorder.
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Hemolytic anemia ... Red blood cell (RBC) indices are part of the complete blood count (CBC) test. They are used to help diagnose the cause of anemia, a condition in which there are too few red blood cells. ... MCV within normal range: normocytic anemia...
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... This study demonstrates that the abnormal up-regulation of apoptogenic receptors, including both Fas ligand (L) and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), by highly malignant myeloma cells is involved in the pathogenesis of the...
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Chronic renal failure is characterized by a normochromic normocytic anemia, the severity of which generally increases during progression toward uremia. ... this therapeutic approach should therefore be considered for the improvement of anemia in pre-dialysis patients. A slow and gradual correction of anemia induces an...
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Anemia Resource Center ... A rapid method of determining whether cellular indices are normocytic and normochromic is to multiply the RBC and Hb by 3. The RBC multiplied by 3 should equal the Hb, and the Hb multiplied by 3 should equal the Hct. Deviation from the calculated values suggests microcytosis, macrocytosis,
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