| |
sideroachrestic anemiasideroblastic anemia
any of a heterogenous group of acquired and hereditary anemias with diverse clinical manifestations, commonly characterized
by large numbers of sideroblasts in the bone marrow, ineffective erythropoiesis, variable proportions of hypochromic erythrocytes in the peripheral blood,
and usually increased levels of tissue iron.

Copyright 2007. An Elsevier publication. All rights reserved.
Click here for important legal information about Dorland's Medical Dictionary.
|