A Patient Has Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia

question 50

Multiple Choice

A patient has microcytic hypochromic anemia.Which of the following pathogenic mechanisms may cause anemia in this patient? (select all that apply)

• A) Decreased erythrocyte life span
• B) Failure of mechanisms of compensatory erythropoiesis
• C) Disturbances of the iron cycle
• D) Increased basal metabolic rate
• E) Swelling in the tissues

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