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The Hematological Complications of Alcoholism

oblastic anemia and can prompt the physician to perform a bone marrow examination to confirm the diagnosis. Sideroblastic anemia is a common complication in severe alcoholics: Approximately one-third of these patients contain ringed sideroblasts in their bone marrow. Alcohol may cause sideroblastic anemia by interfer-ing with the activity of an ...

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