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Anemia Learning Center
Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues. Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells. It gives red blood ...
Hemolytic Anemia
Hemolytic anemia is a condition in which there are not enough red blood cells in the blood, due to the premature...More »
Pernicious Anemia
Pernicious anemia is a decrease in red blood cells that occurs when the body cannot properly absorb vitamin B12 from the...More »
Fanconi Anemia
Fanconi's anemia is disease passed down through families (inherited) that mainly affects the bone marrow. It results in...More »
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape....More »
Megaloblastic Anemia
Megaloblastic anemia is a blood disorder in which there is anemia with larger-than-normal red blood cells.More »
Thalassemia
Thalassemia is an blood disorder passed down through families (inherited) in which the body makes an abnormal form of...More »
Idiopathic Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a drop in the number of red blood cells due to increased destruction by the...More »
G6PD Deficiency
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency is a hereditary condition in which red blood cells break down when...More »
Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
Folate-deficiency anemia is a decrease in red blood cells (anemia) due to a lack of folate.More »
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to...More »
Drug Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia is a blood disorder that occurs when a medicine triggers the body's defense...More »
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Immune hemolytic anemia is a condition in which there is a reduced blood cell count due to the premature destruction of...More »
Sideroblastic Anemia
Sideroblastic anemia is a term used to describe a group of rare blood disorders characterized by the bone marrow's...More »
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