Research published in BMJ Journals links newly developed anemia to significantly higher chances of cancer diagnosis and ...

In a 20-year-old female patient with small-bowel Crohn's disease with mild microcytic anemia and low serum ferritin, is it reasonable to treat with a total dose infusion of parenteral iron if she is ...

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 ...

Although causes remain unclear, rising colorectal cancer in younger adults requires awareness, prompt symptom evaluation and ...

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 ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Screening for iron deficiency in patients with risk factors may be a prudent way to prevent progression to other conditions, according to a presentation at the Family ...

CONVINCING evidence has been presented that the term thalassemia does not describe a specific or homogeneous entity. Bather, it refers to a group of heritable defects of hemoglobin synthesis ...

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 ...

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 ...

Atransferrinemia is a very rare genetic disorder and is sometimes also known as congenital or hereditary atransferrinemia. It is defined by the lack of healthy, functional red blood cells in the blood ...