OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to analyze the hematological parameters, the prevalence of anemia and the association between anemia and socioeconomic conditions in an elderly community-based population. METHODS A population-based study was performed as part of the Multidimensional Study of the Elderly in Porto Alegre, Brazil (EMIPOA). An initial total of 1058 community residents aged 6...

Patients with Hb SC disease were found to have microcytic and hyperchromic red cell indices despite mild reticulocytosis. Iron deficiency anemia was ruled out by the finding of normal serum ferritin levels. In order to determine whether the microcytosis was due to coexistent alpha-thalassemia, restriction endonuclease mapping was performed on genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood leukocyt...

BACKGROUND This study examines the relative importance of living in an urban versus rural setting and malaria in contributing to the public health problem of malarial anaemia (MA) and anaemia respectively in apparently healthy primary school children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 727 school children aged between four and 15 years living in an urban (302) and rural (425)...

Aceruloplasminemia (ACP) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the triad of diabetes mellitus, retinal degeneration, and neurological symptoms. The patient’s clinical biochemical features highlight substantial phenotype heterogeneity, contributing to difficulties delay in diagnosing ACP. We described patient presenting with abnormal iron studies due ACP typical neuroradiologic abnormality...

β Thalassemia Trait(BTT) produces mild ineffective erythropoiesis and associated increased iron absorption from the gut. Based on these reasons it had been suggested that BTT confers an advantage in maintaining iron balance, in which case prevalence of iron deficiency should be lower in those with the trait. This Study was carried out to determine the frequency of coexistence of iron deficiency...