Red blood cell distribution width coefficient of variation may be a useful clinical biomarker for detecting tubular injury in patients with type 2 diabetes. Red blood cell distribution width ...

The present report concerns a fifty-two-year-old Negro with a severe, recurrent, microcytic, hypochromic anemia and an elevated serum iron concentration. He has been followed off and on for seven ...

THE typical case of spontaneously occurring pyridoxine-responsive anemia in human beings has been characterized by hypochromic, microcytic red cells, normoblastic proliferation in the bone marrow, ...

Because iron deficiency anemia is a part of the syndrome, laboratory findings consistent with iron deficiency anemia are necessary for the diagnosis. The latter includes microcytic anemia with a low ...

Patients with a low MCV are likely to have iron deficiency anemia, although thalassemia and anemia of chronic disease are part of the differential. 1 When the MCV is low, the serum ferritin level can ...

Dr Cadamuro conducted a review to discover the underlying cost of microcytic anaemia. He looked back over Microcytic cases to find out where errors occurred in the diagnostic process using Abbott’s ...

Zinc (Zn) supplementation adversely affects iron status in animal and adult human studies, but few trials have included young infants. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of Zn ...

The case required significant testing to get to the correct diagnosis, but the investigators hope their experience helps inform doctors facing similar cases in the future. A young child with ...