Sideroblastic anemia is a rare type of anemia in which the bone marrow does not use iron properly to form healthy red blood cells. ... peripheral blood smear; serum iron test; ferritin test; ...

Diagnosing sideroblastic anemia can be tricky because its symptoms are similar to other types of anemia. Plus, SA progresses slowly and you might not know you have it. You need to listen to your body.

Sideroblastic anemia was found in an elderly man in association with dermal photosensitivity ... Erythrocytes varied greatly in size and shape in the blood smear, and some hypochromic cells were seen.

Sideroblastic anemia is a form of anemia caused by an inability to incorporate iron into hemoglobin, something that is essential if the molecule is to perform its vital function of carrying ...

We report a case of successful treatment with the use of luspatercept in a 51-year-old man with nonsyndromic X-linked sideroblastic anemia with germline pathogenic genomic DNA-variant g.55041386G ...

Congenital sideroblastic anemia (CSA) is a dyserythropoietic disorder that leads to transfusion dependency and subsequent iron overload. Nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell ...

More information: Carlo Castruccio Castracani et al, An erythroid-specific lentiviral vector improves anemia and iron ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have pioneered a new gene therapy model that offers a potential breakthrough in treating X-linked sideroblastic anemia (XLSA), a rare congenital ...