TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Anemia Resulting from Other Nutritional Deficiencies A1 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 - Prchal, Josef T. A1 - Levi, Marcel M. A1 - Burns, Linda J. A1 - Armitage, James O. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Williams Manual of Hematology, 9e AB - This type of anemia is prevalent in school children in several underdeveloped African countries (eg, Malawi).Anemia is characterized by reduced mean (red) cell volume (MCV), mean (red) cell hemoglobin concentration, and anisocytosis and poikilocytosis.Unlike iron deficiency, but similar to the anemia of chronic disease, serum iron concentration is decreased, serum total iron-binding capacity is normal or low, and iron stores, reflected in serum ferritin levels, are increased. The anemia fails to respond to treatment with medicinal iron.The condition responds to vitamin A repletion.Coupling vitamin A with iron administration may lead to a faster response because of the evidence that vitamin A deficiency impairs iron utilization. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133362597 ER -