ANAEMIA


Meaning of ANAEMIA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

pernicious anaemia

sickle-cell anaemia

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

pernicious

Similar findings were also reported by Sjöblom etal studying patients with pernicious anaemia .

It has long been known that pernicious anaemia predisposes to development of gastric adenocarcinoma.

These patients were characterised by an early onset and long duration of pernicious anaemia .

The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated.

More recent findings indicate that hypergastrinaemia associated with pernicious anaemia leads to hyperplasia of fundic endocrine cells.

In association with endocrine cell hyperplasia, gastric carcinoid tumours have been observed in 1-7% of pernicious anaemia patients screened by gastroscopy.

In this study we evaluated the findings of follow up gastroscopies performed three years after primary gastroscopic screening of pernicious anaemia patients.

These patients had been treated earlier for pernicious anaemia in the same hospital between 1972 and 1985.

■ NOUN

cell

A clear example of a mutation altering development is the inherited genetic defect, sickle cell anaemia .

Chronic and acute problems associated with sickle cell anaemia .

People with sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia are known to have red cells with defects in their outer membranes.

deficiency

Iron deficiency anaemia - how far to investigate?

Crohn's disease is often associated with iron deficiency anaemia .

Iron deficiency anaemia is commonly caused by chronic blood loss from the gastrointestinal tract.

Ten patients had died all unrelated to the iron deficiency anaemia .

Therefore sigmoidoscopy should be mandatory as part of the investigation of patients with iron deficiency anaemia .

The need for sigmoidoscopy in patients with obscure iron deficiency anaemia is contentious.

This survey also allowed us to analyse the usefulness of investigations in iron deficiency anaemia in outpatients.

The need to investigate the colon in outpatients referred with iron deficiency anaemia has not previously been assessed.

patient

The need for gastroscopic follow up of pernicious anaemia patients is therefore still debated.

In association with endocrine cell hyperplasia, gastric carcinoid tumours have been observed in 1-7% of pernicious anaemia patients screened by gastroscopy.

In this study we evaluated the findings of follow up gastroscopies performed three years after primary gastroscopic screening of pernicious anaemia patients .

Regular gastroscopy, if this could be achieved, would benefit pernicious anaemia patients .

However, most authors agree that it is impractical and expensive to follow up all pernicious anaemia patients .

■ VERB

find

No other cause for anaemia was found and anaemia did not recur during follow up.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Horseradish was used for coughs and colds, wild strawberry for anaemia and nervousness and honeysuckle was the first example of aspirin.

Our management included a measurement of haemoglobin concentration and the treatment of any identified anaemia .

Ten patients had died all unrelated to the iron deficiency anaemia .

The build-up of recessive genes increases the incidence of genetically determined diseases, such as sickle-cell anaemia in humans.

The need for sigmoidoscopy in patients with obscure iron deficiency anaemia is contentious.

The work, if confirmed, could eventually lead to clinical application in the treatment of aplastic anaemia and malignancy.

Ulcerative colitis may present with anaemia when bowel symptoms are mild or ignored.

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