Moore (I950) considers that there is no justification now for describing hypochromic anaemia as idiopathic because iron deficiency never develops unless iron is lost from the body in repeated pregnancies, chronic haemorrhage or normal menstruation. In this paper, however, the description of idiopathic has been given to those cases in which hypochromic anaemia is the primary diagnosis, in order ...

Nine cases of the thalassaemia trait are described in an English family. The problem of distinguishing these cases from those of the common hypochromic anaemias by simple laboratory tests is discussed.Iron-resistant hypochromic anaemia in people of British ancestry may be caused by the thalassaemia trait. Such cases have been reported by Bywaters (1938), Israëls, Suderman, and Hoogstraten (1955...

background and aims: iron deficiency anemia (ida) and beta thalassemia minor (btm) are the most common hypochromic microcytic anemias, and it is regarded important to differentiate between them. several formulae can be taken into consideration based on red blood cell (rbc) parameters in order to distinguish between these two disorders. hence, the present study intended to evaluate the sensitivi...