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 ...

The present report concerns a fifty-two-year-old Negro with a severe, recurrent, microcytic, hypochromic anemia and an elevated serum iron concentration. He has been followed off and on for seven ...

Patients with a low MCV are likely to have iron deficiency anemia, although thalassemia and anemia of chronic disease are part of the differential. 1 When the MCV is low, the serum ferritin level can ...

The microcytic anemias are those characterized by the production of red cells that are smaller than normal. The small size of these cells is due to decreased production of hemoglobin, the predominant ...