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sideroblast

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Noun1.sideroblast - an erythroblast having granules of ferritin
erythroblast - a nucleated cell in bone marrow from which red blood cells develop
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Byline: ANI London, May 9 (ANI): Scientists have found the gene, called SLC25A38, which causes congenital sideroblastic anaemia-a rare disease mainly characterized by the presence of ringed sideroblasts in the patients' bone marrow.
Gene behind a rare form of congenital anaemia identified by Asian News International
26) (A sideroblastic anemia is marked by large numbers of ringed sideroblasts in the bone marrow, ineffective production of red blood cells, hypochromic erythrocytes in the peripheral blood, and, usually, increased levels of tissue iron.
Nutritional imbalances in anemia by Werbach, Melvyn R. / Townsend Letter
One of the most common causes of secondary acquired sideroblastic anaemia is chronic ethanol consumption, with a ringed sideroblast abnormality occurring in 25-30% of anaemic alcoholic patients (1,4,5).
Sideroblastic anaemia secondary to chronic alcoholism: a case study ... by Holloway, Rossi / New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science
 
 
 
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