“When the RDW is increased and there is a microcytic anemia [anemia caused by small, abnormally sized red blood cells], this is often suggestive of iron-deficiency anemia,” says Brady ...

If you have sickle cell disease (SCD), your red blood cells aren’t round and ... like a crescent or a sickle and get wedged in small blood vessels. The sickled cells can clump and block blood ...

The team found that the molecule, SR-18292, increases fetal hemoglobin production in human blood stem cells and leads to fewer misshapen red blood cells in mice with sickle cell disease.

Your hematocrit is the volume of red blood cells in your body. A hematocrit test measures the ratio of RBCs in your blood. Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood and form blood ...

Useful in establishing the differential diagnosis of anemia, calculated by automated blood profiling machine from RBC count, hematocrit and hemoglobin Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Expresses ...