A total of 169 individuals (49.9%) presented alpha-thalassemia: 145 (42.8%) were heterozygous for the -alpha3.7 deletion (-alpha3.7/alphaalpha) and 18 (5.3%) homozygous (-alpha3.7/-alpha3.7), 5 (1.5%) were heterozygous for the nondeletional form alphaHphIalpha [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Step 3: Screen for JAK2 V617F JAK2 V617F mutation screening is now part of the diagnostic workup for thrombocytosis, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic criteria for essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. [ascopost.com]

Routine workup of the patient with anemia, advise: Hemoglobin and hematocrit. Red blood cell count. Blood indices. peripheral blood smear. Reticulocyte count. White blood cells count and platelets count. [labpedia.net]

It is desirable to routinely perform hemograms for all blood donors and further analyse the microcytic samples for Ferritin and HbA2 to diagnose IDA and BTT and to provide appropriate counselling/treatment. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Differentiation between thalassemic and non thalassemic microcytosis has important clinical implications, because each has an entirely different pathogenesis, prognosis, and treatment [ 1 - 3 ]. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Iron depletion may increase the risk of developing heart failure, and seems to adversely affect prognosis of existing heart failure [ 19 ]. The risk of chronic lead poisoning may be increased by iron depletion. [patient.info]

The most common etiologies of iron deficiency anemia differ based on patient age and sex ( Table 3 2, 5, 8, 9 ). [aafp.org]

Practically all categories in the chapter could be designated 'not otherwise specified', 'unknown etiology' or 'transient'. [icd10data.com]

Amenia classification on the basis of etiology: Increased RBCs destruction due to intra or extra red blood cells defects. Increased blood loss which may acute or chronic. Defective RBCs formation due to Lake of factors necessary for erythropoiesis. [labpedia.net]

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Epidemiology Iron depletion may be three times as common as iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), which has a prevalence of 2-5% of adult men and postmenopausal women in the developed world [ 3 ]. [patient.info]

Anemia of chronic disease: pathophysiology and laboratory diagnosis. Lab Hematol. 2005;11(1):14–23. 8. Jain S, Kamat D. Evaluation of microcytic anemia. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009;48(1):7–13. 9. Hershko C, Skikne B. [aafp.org]

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Recommendations to prevent and control iron deficiency in the United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Recomm Rep. 1998;47(RR-3):1–29. 17. Waterbury L. Anemia. In: Barker LR, Burton JR, Zieve PD. [aafp.org]

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