Microcytic anemia is a condition in which the body’s tissues and organs do not get enough oxygen. This lack of oxygen can happen because the body does not have enough red blood cells, or because the ...

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 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, ...

From the Medical Service, Robert Breck Brigham Hospital. Within the usually clear central area of the erythrocyte, there is a small island (bull's-eye) of hemoglobin, hence the resemblance to a target ...