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Also Known As	anaemia

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iron-deficiency anemia

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normocytic anemia Plummer-Vinson syndrome hemolytic anemia macrocytic anemia megaloblastic anemia microcytic anemia hypochromic microcytic anemia normocytic normochromic anemia hereditary elliptocytosis erythroblastosis fetalis polycythemia methemoglobinemia

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George H. Whipple

George H. Whipple

American pathologist

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