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- corpuscular volume. When ****ociated with anemia, it is known as microcytic anemia. Microcytic anemia is not caused by reduced DNA synthesis[citation needed]...
- Microcytic anaemia is any of several types of anemia characterized by smaller than normal red blood cells (called microcytes). The normal mean corpuscular...
- amount of hemoglobin in each cell. If the cells are small, it is called microcytic anemia; if they are large, it is called macrocytic anemia; and if they...
- Red blood cells will also be small (microcytic), leading to substantial overlap with the category of microcytic anemia. The most common causes of this...
- anemia, it is the MCV measurement that allows classification as either a microcytic anemia (MCV below normal range), normocytic anemia (MCV within normal...
- attributed to various anemias, most often; beta thal****emia major, a form of microcytic anemia. In β thal****emia major the beta hemoglobin chain is completely...
- deficiency, the marrow cannot produce as many RBCs and they are small (microcytic), so the RBC count and the MCV will both be low, and as a result, the...
- range. However, the hematocrit and hemoglobin are decreased. In contrast, microcytic anemias are defined as an anemia with a mean corpuscular volume (MCV)...
- the presence of esophageal webs. Blood tests typically show hypochromic microcytic anemia, consistent with iron-deficiency anemia. A biopsy of the affected...
- osteopenia in the absence of significant classic gastrointestinal symptoms. Microcytic, macrocytic, or dimorphic anemia may reflect impaired iron, folate, or...