There are many causes of microcytosis, which is essentially only a descriptor.
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Changes in the appearance of red blood cells are the hallmark of "'stage 4 "'; first microcytosis and then hypochromia develop.
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Depending upon how the terms are being defined, thalassemia can be considered a cause of microcytic anemia, or it can be considered a cause of microcytosis but not a cause of microcytic anemia.
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Cells can be small because of mutations in the formation of blood cells ( hereditary microcytosis ) or because they are not filled with enough hemoglobin, as in iron-deficiency-associated microcytosis.
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Cells can be small because of mutations in the formation of blood cells ( hereditary microcytosis ) or because they are not filled with enough hemoglobin, as in iron-deficiency-associated microcytosis.
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Blood film examination may reveal basophilic stippling of red blood cells ( dots in red blood cells visible through a microscope ), as well as the changes normally associated with iron-deficiency anemia ( microcytosis and hypochromasia ).
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a blood disorder characterized by the presence of microcytes (abnormally small red blood cells) in the blood; often associated with anemia
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