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microcytosis
The presence of small erythrocytes (< 5 uM) in peripheral blood.
Etiology:
- iron deficiency anemia
- spherocytosis (erythrocytes appear small on peripheral smear but MCV is generally elevated)
- thalassemia
Related
mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
microocyte
Specific
microcytic anemia
General
sign/symptom
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995