iron deficiency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofironanddeficiency
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iron
noun
uk/aɪən/us/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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deficiency
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/us/dɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that ...
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(Definition ofironanddeficiencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have applied this approach in the context ofirondeficiencyin a developing country after accounting for local work participation and wage rates.
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The anaemia which we have shown to be in existence in this area, is probably due toirondeficiencyof dietary origin.
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The definitive test for determiningirondeficiencystill remains the examination of the bone marrow aspirate for iron content.
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Ten films showed evidence ofirondeficiencyanaemia.
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The authors concluded that heavy infections of over 800 worms can causeirondeficiencyanaemia in children.
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Further neurologic risk is conferred by a state of chronic brainirondeficiencyin the fetus.
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Severe trichuriasis has also been associated with anaemia probably due to chronic inflammation and toirondeficiency.
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Despite over thirty years of teaching to the contrary, doctors in all specialties appear to consider such patients as havingirondeficiency.
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A blood film from a patient with the thalassaemia trait is largely indistinguishable from that of a patient withirondeficiency.
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However, a normal ferritin level does not rule outirondeficiency.
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Continuing anaemia in a patient with biochemically confirmedirondeficiency, despite oral iron therapy, suggests poor compliance, severe malabsorption or continuing blood loss.
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Anaemia in this study population was probably due to protein deficiency caused by both a protein-deficient diet and intestinal helminth infections rather thanirondeficiency.
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Absolute reticulocytosis is caused by acute blood loss (beforeirondeficiencyis manifest) and, less frequently, haemolysis.
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The films were examined for (i) evidence ofirondeficiencyanaemia, (ii) abnormal white cell counts and morphology, and (iii) platelet morphology.
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Symptoms often resembled those ofirondeficiencyanaemia.
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Does this elderly patient haveirondeficiencyanaemia, and what is the underlying cause?
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Other features in this condition that are more common in females, areirondeficiencyanaemia, glossitis, and koilonychia.
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However, restricted availability of dietary iron is almost never the sole explanation forirondeficiency in elderly patients, and other causes must be excluded.
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