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Anemia Oct 11 lecture
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10/28/2007

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What is cheilosis?
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Inflammation or cracking of the lips that occurs secondary to iron anemia.
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What is a dystrophy of the fingernails often associated with iron anemia in which the nails are thin and concave with the edges raised.
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koilonychia
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What is the non food consumption of dirt, paper, wax, grass, and hair that is a characteristic sign of iron deficiency anemia?
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pica
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What term do you use to refer to the paleness of skin in peole with iron anemia?
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pallor

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What is the term for the lungs being full of too much iron?
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pulmonary haemosiderosis
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What is exccessive uterine bleeding occuring at regular intervals of menstruation, the period of flow being greater than the usual duration.
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menorrhagia
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What type of anemia is characterized by high transferrin and low ferritin?
Definition
iron deficiency anemia
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What type of anemia is characterized by high transferrin and low ferritin?
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anemia of chronic disease
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What group of genetic defective disorders share the common feature of defective hemoglobin production?
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thalassemia
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What is the most common inherited blood disorder?
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sickle cell anemia
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What type of inheritance is the sickle cell trait?
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autosomal dominant
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What type of inheritance is sickle cell anemia?
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autosomal recessive
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What is the inheritance of just one sickle cell gene?
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sickle cell trait
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What is the classic type of neovascularization associated with sickle cell anemia?
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sea-fan
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What type of anemia is hereditary spherocytosis?
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hemolytic anemai, also autosomal dominant
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What type of anemia are thalassemias?
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hemolytic, impaired alpha or Beta globin genes result in reduced hemoglobin synthesis causing a microcytic or hypochromic anemia
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What type of anemia is G6PD deficiency?
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hemolytic anemia X-linked disorder
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What are ironon deficiency anemai, anemia of chronic disease, megaloblastic anemia, aplastic anemia, and myelophthisis anemia?
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anemias of diminished erythropoiesis
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What type o fanemias are iron deficiency, anemia or chronic disease, and thalassemia?
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microcytic anemia
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What tyep of anemias are folate deficiency and vitamin B12 deficiency?
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macrocytic anemia
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What is the iron transporter that carries iron to the bone marrow for RBC synthesis?
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transferrin
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What is the iron binder that serves as a measure of iron stores, and is also an acute phase reactant?
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ferritin
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What type of anemia is caused by lead ingestion?
Definition
microcytic hypochromic anemia by inhibiting heme and globin synthesis
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