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5 Microcytic, Hypochromic Anemias |
IDA, AOI, Sideroblastic Anemia, Thallassemia, Hemoglobinopathies |
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Major Differentiation Test for Microcytic, Hypochromic Anemia |
Iron Studies |
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Siderblastic (Lead) Differentiation |
Basophilic Stipling, High Lead, Normal Iron |
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Difference Between AOI and IDA |
IDA (Lack Iron Absorbtion) AOI (Iron Trapped in the macrophages) |
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Major mechanism of AOI? |
Hepcidin inhibits iron release, but is Acute Phase positive |
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Pernicious anemia (megaloblastic) caused by |
Result of Anti-IF or anti-Pareital activity |
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Megaloblastic Anemia causes |
B12 Deficiency Folate Deficiency Autoantibodies (Pernicious) |
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Early Indicators of Megaloblastic Anemia |
(Methylmelonic Acid) raised in B12 deficency Hemocysteine raised in both B12 and Folate defi |
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Intrinsic RBC defect treatement |
Splenectomy (except Xerocytosis)
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4 Types of Intrinsic RBC membrane defects |
Spherocytosis (Vertical Spectrin-Ankyrin) Elloptocytosis (Horizontal Spectrin-Ankyrin) Stomatocytosis (Potassium pump failure) Xerocytosis (Membrane fails to hold K+/water) |
