Catalog

X-linked sideroblastic anaemia, pyridoxine-responsive

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Link to WHO Definition

X-linked sideroblastic anaemia, pyridoxine-responsive – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/808841924

X-linked sideroblastic anaemia is a generally microcytic, hypochromic anaemia of varying severity that present at any age from birth to the 9th decade and that may respond to treatment with pyridoxine and folic acid. Female carriers are usually unaffected, however, one quarter of probands are female and almost half of the female probands have macrocytic rather than microcytic red blood cells.