IBMFS - Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
DBA patients have only low red cell counts (anemia). The rest of their blood cells (the platelets and the white cells) are normal. ~25% of DBA patients have physical abnormalities, often involving malformations of the thumbs. Most patients are ... [... more]
National Cancer Institute |
Treatment for Fanconi anemia includes the following:
Since Fanconi anemia is an extremely rare disease, the reader is urged to contact the FA specialists listed in Treatment and Testing Resources for the most current protocols in the diagnosis and treatment of Fanconi anemia. Refer also to Fanconi ... [... more]
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Anemia: When Low Iron Is the Cause
Anemia occurs when your blood doesn't have enough hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body. A common cause of anemia is not having enough iron. (Your body needs iron ... [... more]
Family Doctor |
What is iron deficiency anemia?
Information for parents about iron deficiency anemia in infants and children from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Iron Deficiency Anemia What is iron deficiency anemia? What problems can iron deficiency anemia cause? Who gets iron ... [... more]
Family Doctor |
About Anemia
What does it mean when a kid has anemia? Learn about anemia, why kids get it, and how it's treated in our article for kids. We also need a way to get the oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Blood flows like a river through every part ... [... more]
Kids Health |
Anemia, Fanconi
Overview: Fanconi anemia (FA) is the most frequently reported of the rare inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, with more than 1800 cases reported in the medical literature. In 1927, Guido Fanconi first reported 3 brothers with pancytopenia ... [... more]
eMedicine |
Anemia: When Low Iron Is the Cause -- familydoctor.org
Information on anemia and iron deficiency from the American Academy of Family Physicians. What can cause low iron levels? How is anemia diagnosed? Can anemia be prevented? How is anemia treated? How can I increase the iron in my diet? Can iron ... [... more]
Family Doctor |
"Anemia"
Oxandrolone for the Treatment of Bone Marrow Aplasia in Fanconi Anemia Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Fanconi's Anemia Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of Iron Overload in Sickle Cell Anemia and Sickle Cell ... [... more]
Clinical Trials |
Iron Disorders Institute - Sideroblastic Anemia
Sideroblastic anemia (SA) is a complicated disorder and therefore difficult to treat. . Often SA acts like iron deficiency anemia (IDA), but unlike IDA, iron tests are normal or increased with SA. Three categories of sideroblastic anemia are: ... [... more]
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Anemia Patients Education - Anemia & Rheumatoid ...
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Drugs that reduce signs and symptoms of inflammation Rheumatoid arthritis: Chronic inflammatory disease of the joints and connective tissues Aside from joint symptoms, anemia is the most common problem for ... [... more]
anemia.org |
What is Fanconi Anemia?
Fanconi anemia (FA) is one of the inherited anemias that leads to bone marrow failure (aplastic anemia). It is a recessive disorder: if both parents carry a defect (mutation) in the same FA gene, each of their children has a 25% chance of ... [... more]
fanconi.org |
Iron deficiency anemia
Diabetes: Disease which causes your body to either not make enough insulin (type1) or not use insulin the right way (type2) The frequency of anemia varies depending on age, sex, and overall health. For older adults, aged 65 years and over, around ... [... more]
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