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, ...

Microcytic anemia is a blood disorder in which the red blood cells are too small due to a lack of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin, an iron-rich protein, binds to oxygen, delivering it throughout the body. With ...

IN 1955 Rucknagel et al. 1 described a new abnormal hemoglobin in a Negro family in North Carolina. This hemoglobin, designated "I", migrated more rapidly than normal hemoglobin on filter-paper ...

Two brothers of Finnish origin presented with an unusual combination of early onset dilated cardiomyopathy syndrome, a disease which was associated with cardiac noncompaction, microcytic anemia, ...

Figure 3 outlines an algorithm, which illustrates an approach to the infant with anemia. Table 7 shows how RBC indices and characteristics are used to assist in establishing a diagnosis. Acanthocyte ...

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 ...