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What causes normocytic anemia if ferritin and reticulocytes are normal. rbc is low and wbc and platelets are elevated? thanks!

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How old?: Do I see that the patient is five years old? This may be normal. If this is an adult and the values are more than slightly outside range, I would consider a bone marrow tap and body to rule out infiltrative disease -- TB, histoplAsmosis. Tumor

Answered 12/23/2016

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