Materials and Methods: A Prospective analysis of 55 bone marrow aspirates in a tertiary
care center. Results: Sideroblasts were present in all the cases. They were decreased in …

BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most prevalent forms of malnutrition.
The list of diagnostic tools is quite long starting from the basic hemogram, ps for comment …

Background: The increasing prevalence of multiple co-morbidities among anemic patients
with chronic diseases have made the use of serum ferritin (which is also an acute phase …

Background: Nutritional anemia particularly iron deficiency anemia comprise a major public
health problem in India. Precise diagnosis is necessary for the correct treatment as the …

Aims: To identify how many particles should be examined to enable a confident assessment
of the presence or absence of iron stores and the quantity of iron in a bone marrow aspirate …

A modified silver stain is described for the demonstration of ringed sideroblasts in bone
marrow. It is more sensitive than Perls' reaction for that purpose, especially when iron stores …

Background: Increased iron overload is frequent problem in thalassemia patients, and this is
monitored by serum ferritin levels or chemical assessment of the iron levels in liver tissue …

Background: Study of marrow in iron deficiency anemia is very much essential, and it helps
to decide whether iron therapy would be of any use or not. Where sophisticated instruments …

The detection and enumeration of sideroblasts depend critically on the method used for iron
staining of bone marrow smears. Several methods proposed for semiquantitative evaluation …

Background: Bone marrow iron microscopy has been the “gold standard” method of
assessing iron deficiency. However, the commonly used method of grading marrow iron …