Idiopathic Hypochromic Anæmia with a Case Note

Intravenous Iron in the Treatment of Microcytic Hypochromic Anæmia

A Note on the Use of Marmite in Tropical Macrocytic Anæmia, Including Pernicious Anæmia of Pregnancy

In an earlier paper the use of Marmite, a yeast extract, in the treatment of tropical Macrocytic ansemia was reported (Wills, 1931). Since this publication other workers have recorded varying results with this line of treatment. Vaughan and Hunter (1932), Goodall ,(1932), and others have reported success both macrocytic ansemia in cases of idiopathic steatorrhcea, and in certain cases of true p...

Case report of idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis in a child with recurrent chest infections.

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare condition that usually presents as a triad of haemoptysis, iron deficiency anaemia and pulmonary infiltrates. We report a case of IPH diagnosed in a 7 year old boy who had recurrent hospital admissions with severe chest infections and haemoptysis from his first few months of life. He was found to have microcytic hypochromic anaemia, diffuse in...

Idiopathic hypochromic anemia

The iron content of gastric juice: in relation to the cause of idiopathic hypochromic anemia.

Non-hemin iron content in gastric juice was examined in 46 patients with various blood diseases, especially idiopathic hypochromic anemia and in 26 healthy controls. 1. The iron content in gastric juice was found to be 290 μg/ dl in healthy controls, a lower value of 110 μg/ dl in idiopathic hypochromic anemia and a higher value of 550 μg / dl in aplastic anemia. These values were in a close co...