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A15-year-old girl has pale skin, glossitis, gingivitis. Blood count: erythrocytes -3, 3 cot 1012/l, hemoglobin - 70 g/l, colour index - 0,5. Examination of blood smear revealed hypochromia, microcytosis, poikilocytosis. What type of anemia is it?

Answer options

  1. B12-folic acid-deficient
  2. Thalassemia
  3. Hemolytic
  4. Sickle-cell
  5. Iron-deficient
Correct answer

Iron-deficient

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