To use the sharing features on this page, please enable JavaScript. Hypochromia means that the red blood cells have less color than normal when examined under a microscope. This usually occurs when there is not enough of the pigment that carries oxygen (hemoglobin) in the red blood cells.
Mar 31, 2024
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Hypochromic anemia is a generic term for any type of anemia in which the red blood cells are paler than normal A normal red blood cell has a biconcave disk ...
Microcytic, hypochromic anemia, as the name suggests, is the type of anemia in which the circulating RBCs are smaller than the usual size of RBCs (microcytic) ...
Mar 31, 2024 · Definition. Hypochromia means that the red blood cells have less color than normal when examined under a microscope.
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 ...
Iron deficiency is the most important cause of a microcytic hypochromic anemia, meaning that the two red cell indices show reduced mean corpuscular volume and ...
Hypochromic microcytic anemias, characterized by the presence in the circulating blood of red cells that are smaller than normal and poorly filled with ...
Microcytic anemia happens when your red blood cells are smaller than usual because they don't have enough hemoglobin.
Nov 1, 2014 · Hypochromic microcytic anemia with iron overload is a condition that impairs the normal transport of iron in cells.
In this article, we review the current use of red cell hypochromia as a diagnostic index of iron-deficient erythropoiesis.
