Anaemia of chronic disease

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• Causes

  • Chronic bacterial infection
  • Chronic viral infection
  • Severe illness
  • Malignancy
  • Connective tissue disease
  • Tumour necrosis factor alpha
  • Interferon gamma
  • Interleukin-1
  • Glucagonoma
  • Scurvy

• Effects

  • Low serum iron
  • Low total iron binding capacity

• Parents

  • Anaemia of reduced erythropoiesis
  • Microcytic anaemia

• Description

  • "Usually normocytic
  • occasionally microcytic"