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| | Encyclopedia4U - Anemia - Encyclopedia Article |
 | | Iron deficiency ranges from iron depletion, which yields little physiological damage, to iron deficiency anemia, which can affect the function of numerous organ systems. | | | The treatement was first devised by William P. Murphy [1] who bled dogs to make them anemic and then fed them various substances to see what worked. | | | Anemia (Am.) or anaemia (Brit.) is the most common disorder of the blood. |
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| | Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the Unite |
| | Iron-deficiency anemia is associated with conditions that may independently affect infant and child development (e.g., low birthweight, generalized undernutrition, poverty, and high blood level of lead) that need to be taken into account when interventions addressing iron-deficiency anemia are developed and evaluated (34). | | | In infants and young children, iron deficiency may result in developmental and behavioral disturbances (33,34). | | | Screening for, diagnosing, and treating iron-deficiency anemia are secondary prevention approaches. |
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| | Recommendations to Prevent and |
| | Iron deficiency anemia: recommended guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management among U.S. children and women of childbearing age. |
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| | microcytic /hypochromic anemia |
| | anemia featuring pale erythrocytes smaller than 6 microns in diameter; typically due to iron deficiency or abnormalities in hememetabolism. |
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