Anemia |
General anemia |
This article discusses the medical condition. For the fern genus, see Anemia (fern) Anemia (AmE)) or anaemia (BrE), from the Greek meaning "without blood", is a deficiency of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin. This results in a reduced ability of blood to transfer oxygen to the tissues, causing hypoxia; since all human cells depend on oxygen for survival, varying degrees of anemia can have a wide range of clinical consequences. Hemoglobin (the oxygen-carrying protein in the red blood ce ...
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- About Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
- Analgesic Nephropathy (Painkillers and the Kidneys) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Anemia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Anemia (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
- Anemia (HealthWorld)
- Anemia (Medline Plus)
- Anemia (HealthWorld)
- Anemia (National Institutes of Health)
- Anemia (MayoClinic)
- Anemia (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Anemia (Google Health)
- Anemia (Lab Tests Online)
- Anemia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Anemia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Anemia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Anemia (Normocytic Anemia) (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Anemia Elevates Risk of Physical Decline in Older People (National Institutes of Health)
- Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Anemia: Cuando la Causa es la Falta de Hierro (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Anemia: Glossary (Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation)
- Anemia: When Low Iron Is the Cause (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Aplastic Anemia (MayoClinic)
- Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
- Blood Disorders in Lupus (Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Anemia (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Anemia, Aplastic (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Thalassemia (National Institutes of Health)
- Congenital spherocytic anemia (National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS)
- Cooley's Anemia Foundation
- Cooley's Anemia: Progress in Biology and Medicine (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS)
- Cord Blood Banks (National Marrow Donor Program)
- Cord Blood FAQs (National Marrow Donor Program)
- Correction of the anemia of end-stage renal disease with recombinant human erythropoietin. Resul (Google Health)
- Dangers of Iron Supplements (HealthWorld)
- Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (DBA) (National Cancer Institute)
- Enzymatic amplification of�-globin genomic sequences and restriction site analysis for diagnos (Google Health)
- Enzyme Discovery Sheds Light on Causes of Rare Disease, Cancer (National Institute on Aging)
- Epoetin Treatment (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
- Exercises for Heavy Menstrual Flow Anemia (HealthWorld)
- Fanconi Anemia Research Fund
- Fanconi Anemia: Diagnosis (Fanconi Anemia Research Fund)
- Fanconi Anemia: Treatment (Fanconi Anemia Research Fund)
- FASTATS: Anemia (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Ferritin Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Genes and Disease (National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM, NIH, HHS)
- Genetics Home Reference: Beta thalassemia (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: X-linked sideroblastic anemia (Genetics Home Reference)
- Glossary of Terms Related to Blood and Blood Banking (American Red Cross)
- Hematocrit (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Hemoglobin (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Iron (National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
- Iron and Teens: A Guide to Anemia Prevention (Center for Young Women's Health)
- Iron Deficiency Anemia (MayoClinic)
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
- Learning about Thalassemia (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Mineral Supplement Medication/Iron Polysaccharide (Cleveland Clinic)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Q&A: Aging & Anemia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Serum Iron Test (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Sickle cell anemia (Google Health)
- Talasemia (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Thalassemia (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Thalassemia (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
- Thalassemia Care Centers (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities)
- TIBC (Total Iron-Binding Capacity) & Transferrin (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Treating Anemia with Alternative Treatments (Holistic Online)
- Treatment Issues for Women (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America)
- Understanding Anemia (Nemours Foundation)
- Understanding Anemia (Kids Health)
- Understanding Your Complete Blood Count (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
- Vitamin Deficiency Anemia (MayoClinic)
- What is Beta-thalassemia? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
- What Is Sickle Cell Disease? (Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.)
- Women''s Health: Anemia (HealthWorld)

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