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The definition of anemia: What is the lower limit of normal of the blood hemoglobin concentration?

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authors

  • Beutler, Ernest
  • Waalen, Jill

publication date

  • 2006

journal

  • Blood  Journal

abstract

  • The diagnosis of anemia is an important aspect of the practice of hematology. The first step is to decide whether the patient is, in fact, anemic. Unless earlier blood counts are available, and they often are not, the physician must make his or her decision on the basis of the population distribution of hemoglobin values. How likely is it that the patient's hemoglobin value lies below the normal distribution; that is, "the lower limit"?

subject areas

  • Anemia
  • Blood Cell Count
  • Female
  • Hemoglobins
  • Humans
  • Male
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC1895695

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-4971

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1182/blood-2005-07-3046

PubMed ID

  • 16189263
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1747

end page

  • 1750

volume

  • 107

issue

  • 5

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