toidu rauavähesusest või tavalisest suuremast rauakaotusest (verejooksust) tekkinud aneemia, millele on iseloomulikud pisipunalibled (mikrotsütoos), liblede suuruse erinevus (anisotsütoos) ja madal hemoglobiinisisaldus
anemia that is caused by a deficiency of iron and characterized by hypochromic microcytic red blood cells
a form (of anemia) characterized by low or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, elevated transferrin (iron-binding capacity), low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit, and hypochromic, microcytic red blood corpuscles, and thrombocytosis
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Symptoms are pallor, fatigue, anorexia, malaise, and weakness. Laboratory diagnosis includes hemoglobin, hematocrit, transferrin saturation, ferritin, and serum iron concentration.
IDA is caused by inadequate iron intake, malabsorption of iron, blood loss, pregnancy and lactation, intravascular hemolysis, or a combination of these factors.
