Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: iron deficiency anemia

  • Syndrome de Lasthénie de Ferjol

    Krishna G. BadamiChristchurch, New Zealand Several years ago we saw a young woman who had an iron deficiency anemia, caused not by blood loss from menstruation (a common cause of iron deficiency anemia in females), but by repeatedly drawing her own blood by venipuncture and discarding it. This type of anemia caused by a specific…