RT Book, Section
A1 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A1 Kipps, Thomas J.
A1 Prchal, Josef T.
A1 Levi, Marcel M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126651225
T1 Anemia Resulting from Other Nutritional Deficiencies
T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071622424
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126651225
RD 2024/04/24
AB Prevalent  in  school  children  in  several  underdeveloped  African  countries  (e.g.,  Malawi).Anemia  is  characterized  by  reduced  MCV,  MCHC,  and  anisocytosis  and  poikilocytosis.Similar  to  the  anemia  of  chronic  disease  with  reduced  serum  iron  concentration,  normal  or  low  serum  total  iron-binding  capacity  and  increased  liver  and  marrow  iron  stores  (increased  serum  ferritin),  and  failure  to  respond  to  treatment  with  medicinal  iron.Responds  to  vitamin  A  repletion.