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Anemia, Refractory

Medical Definition: A severe sometimes chronic anemia, usually macrocytic in type, that does not respond to ordinary antianemic therapy.
Previously Indexed: Anemia, Aplastic (1966-1985)
Anemia, Refractory Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts - Chronic refractory anemia with granulocytopenia, and/or thrombocytopenia. Myeloblasts and progranulocytes constitute 5 to 40 percent of the nucleated marrow cells.

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