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Iron depletion without anaemia

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Iron depletion without anaemia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1120661005

Iron deficiency being defined as an absence of iron stores combined with signs of an iron-deficient erythropoiesis implies that in a state of iron deficiency there is an insufficient supply of iron to various tissues. This occurs at a serum ferritin level <15mg/l.