macrocytosis
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Introduction
The presence of large erythrocytes (< 5 uM) in the peripheral blood.
Etiology
- vitamin B12 deficiency
- folate deficiency
- alcoholism
- liver disease
- hypothyroidism
- reticulocytosis
- myelodysplasia
- pregnancy
- pharmaceutical agents:
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- ↑ Geriatrics Review Syllabus, American Geriatrics Society, 5th edition, 2002-2004
Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- ↑ Kaferle J, Strzoda CE. Evaluation of macrocytosis. Am Fam Physician. 2009 Feb 1;79(3):203-8. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19202968