A 50-year-old man presented with persistent hyperferritinemia (serum ferritin, 1500–2100 ng/ml; reference range [RR], 30–400 ng/ml), elevated serum iron level (300 µg/dl; RR, 60–170 µg/dl), and ...

Chandigarh: A significant proportion of adults in rural Punjab suffer from anaemia, with women of reproductive age and elderly men among the most vulnerable. The Indian Council of Medical Research ...

NAINR. 2004;4(4):231-239. Mature erythrocytes are biconcave disks. RBCs with abnormal morphology may be removed from the circulation leading to anemia. Therefore, certain types of anemia may be ...

Dietary cadmium (Cd) intake is implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension and anaemia, but there is a paucity of information on the haematological changes in hypertensive conditions. This study, ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Microcytosis' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication(s) ...

Routine PCR, Sanger sequencing, and specially designed GAP-PCR are often used in the genetic analysis of thalassemia, but all these methods have limitations. In this study, we evaluated a new ...

Many supplements should come with a warning due to their adverse effect when over supplementation occurs. Consuming over the guideline allowance is known to cause a number of health conditions. Zinc ...

The case required significant testing to get to the correct diagnosis, but the investigators hope their experience helps inform doctors facing similar cases in the future. A young child with ...

Background: Prenatal genetic counseling can be difficult, especially when it is related to fetuses with a rare thalassemia. An intronic variant located far from obvious regulatory sequences in the HBB ...

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common type of anemia worldwide. 1,2 In high-income countries, 6% to 8% of adults have anemia, and 40% to 45% of them suffer from iron deficiency (ID). The ...