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Abstract
Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased.
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- Anemia, Iron-Deficiency
- Anemias, Iron-Deficiency
- Iron-Deficiency Anemias
- Anemia, Iron Deficiency
- Anemias, Iron Deficiency
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Iron Deficiency Anemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
95; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA was see ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC 1970-94
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- Anemia, Hypochromic (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Iron-Deficiency Anemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018798. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018798
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron-deficiency_anemia
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954674