Mice homozygous for Hertwig's anemia, an/an, have a mild macrocytic anemia and are refractory to the potentially curative action of exogenously administered erythropoietin (EP). Both red and white blood cell numbers are decreased. One possible explanation is that a precursor stem cell population is in short supply. We have examined this possibility through comparisons of CFU-S, BFU-E, and CFU-E...

F OLLOWING INCUBATION with H3 Thymidine and using autoradiography Bond et al.1 have demonstrated the presence of a small number of circulating labeled mononuclear cells in specimens of blood obtained from normal persons under in vitro conditions. This presumably demosistrates the capacity of these cells for DNA synthesis, division and proliferation. Rubini et al.2 have described the incidence o...

The frequency of anemia, iron deficiency, and the long-term need for IV iron following Roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery has not been well characterized. Three-hundred and nineteen out of 904 consecutive subjects who underwent RYGB at Penn State Hershey Medical Center from 1999 to 2006 met the inclusion criteria for a preoperative complete blood count (CBC) and at least one CBC >6 months ...

Iron is an essential element required for development and survival of all living organisms. In fetuses, maternofetal iron transfer across the placenta is essential for growth and development. In neonates, efficient intestinal iron absorption is required to scavenge as much iron as possible from the low-iron-content milk. During these periods, efficient iron mobilization is ensured by the downre...

We report a case of a 51-year-old woman with Evans syndrome (autoimmune hemolytic anemia and primary immune thrombocytopenia) and hypothyroidism. She was previously diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 1994 (age, 35) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) 3 years ago. She was treated with oral prednisolone. After a period, in which the anemia waxed and waned, there was an abrupt developmen...