Zeitschrift für Blutforschung und hämatologische Krankheiten

Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia (IRIDA) a Hypochromic Microcytic Anaemia with Iron Deficiency

Andrea Miachel

Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) is a frequent entity that generates 50% of the anemia in the world. Even if the etiologies of the IDA are often due to nutritional deficiency, bleeding or gastrointestinal mal absorption; genetically inherited iron deficiency anemia should also be kept in mind if there is an unknown cause of iron deficiency anemia.