Genetic form of anemia defined molecularly

Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 17:07 in Biology & Nature

Sideroblastic anemia is a form of anemia caused by an inability to incorporate iron into hemoglobin, something that is essential if the molecule is to perform its vital function of carrying oxygen from the lungs to the tissues.

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