Question 9 · LEK · Diagnostics
A decreased serum iron concentration can be found in:
- A. megaloblastic anemia.
- B. sideroblastic anemia.
- C. chronic disease anemia.
- D. healthy persons aged 16-20 years.
- E. healthy persons aged over 65 years.
Hint
Think of the condition in which hepcidin traps iron inside macrophages despite adequate body stores.
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