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Molecular basis of inherited microcytic anemia due to defects in iron acquisition or heme synthesis.
Haematologica - 1 Mar 2009
Iolascon Achille, De Falco Luigia, Beaumont Carole
Abstract excerpt
Microcytic anemia is the most commonly encountered anemia in general medical practice. Nutritional iron deficiency and beta thalassemia trait are the primary causes in pediatrics, whereas bleeding disorders and anemia of chronic disease are common in adulthood. Microcytic hypochromic anemia can result from a defect in globin genes, in heme synthesis, in iron availability or in iron acquisition by the erythroid...
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