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An investigation of the protective effect of alpha+-thalassaemia against severe Plasmodium falciparum amongst children in Kumasi, Ghana [PDF]

Background: The alpha+-thalassaemias are the most common monogenic disorders of humans, characterised by microcytic and hypochromic anaemia. Their high frequency reflects selective advantage against death from Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Opoku-Okrah, C., Opoku-Okrah, C.
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Anemia em crianças menores de dois anos atendidas nas unidades básicas de saúde no Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Revista de Saúde Pública
Foi realizado estudo com o objetivo de verificar a prevalência da anemia em crianças atendidas nas unidades básicas de saúde do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil.
Marco A. A. Torres, Kazue Sato, Suzana de Souza Queiroz   +2 more
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Presence of anti-mitochondrial antibodies and elevated serum immunoglobulin G levels [PDF]

, 2015
Primary biliary cirrhosis in combination with autoimmune hepatitis has been termed “overlap syndrome”, but its diagnosis is challenging. We report a case of a 43-year-old lady who presented with a six-month history of jaundice and pruritus.
Abdul Wahab, Asrul, Biswas, Suvra, Ding, Chuan Hun, Mohammad, Marlyn, Muttaqillah, Najihan Abdul Samat, Rahman, Md. Mostafizur   +5 more
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Associations between iron deficiency anemia and clinical features among pregnant women: a prospective cohort study

Journal of Blood Medicine, 2018
Saeed Baradwan, Abdullah Alyousef, Abdulrhman Turkistani Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy is a common and preventable disorder.
Baradwan S, Alyousef A, Turkistani A
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The hypochromic anemias.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2010
Hypochromic anemia is the commonest type of anemia encountered in family practice. Although iron deficiency is by far the most common cause, it cannot be readily distinguished from hypochromic anemia due to other causes (thalassemia, secondary anemia and sideroblastic anemia) without knowing the state of the tissue iron stores.
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Endoscopic case [PDF]

, 2013
We present the case of a ten-year-old female patient referred to Gastroenterolgy consultation for abdominal pain and cramping, usually worse after eating, recurring diarrhoea, hypochromic and microcytic anaemia with low serum iron and ferritin levels.
Pereira, F.
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Case report: A novel 11-bp deletion in exon 11 causing a frameshift in the C-terminal of the ALAS2 gene leading to X-linked sideroblastic anemia—a family study

Frontiers in Medicine
X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA) (MIM 300752) is the most common genetic form of sideroblastic anemia, a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by iron deposits in the mitochondria of erythroid precursors.
Salam Al kindi, Salam Al kindi, Altaf Al-Mamari, Shoaib Al-Zadjali, Mohamed Al-Rawahi, Ali Al Madhani, Anil V. Pathare   +6 more
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Correlation of tuberculosis-related anemia severity with tuberculosis-induced inflammation in children: a six-year retrospective study

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Anemia is a common complication of tuberculosis (TB), and there is evidence that its prevalence is higher in patients with TB. Although TB is very important in epidemiology, careful investigation of TB-related anemia in children has not been ...
Chunjiao Han, Yulian Fang, Lili Dong, Detong Guo, Min Lei, Wei Guo, Chunquan Cai   +6 more
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Soluble transferrin receptor and immature reticulocytes are not useful for distinguishing iron-deficiency anemia from heterozygous beta-thalassemia

São Paulo Medical Journal
Iron deficiency and heterozygous beta-thalassemia are important causes of hypochromic-microcytic anemia. Two laboratory parameters are suggested for the differentiation of such anemia.
Gisélia Aparecida Freire Maia de Lima, Helena Zerlotti Wolf Grotto   +1 more
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Changes of erythropoiesis in case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and urolithiasis comorbidity [PDF]

, 2016
In comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and urolithiasis with oxalic acid stones changes of erythropoiesis were found in 78,3 % of patients, in particular – 52,2 % corresponded to mild iron-deficiency anemia and in 26,1 % of patients ...
Khukhlina, O.S., Viligorska, K.V.
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