title: The anemia of childhood revisited.
abstract: The question of the mechanism of the physiological anemia of childhood was reexamined; we took into consideration the fact that microcytosis is a feature of this anemia as well as the evidence suggesting that the 2,3 DPG/hemoglobin ratio may depend in part on red cell size. In a group of normal, not-iron deficient children a high inverse correlation was obtained between the MCV and the 2,3 DPG/Hb ratio; this latter ratio did not correlate with serum phosphorus levels, previously incriminated in the indirect causation of the anemia of childhood.
mesh_terms: D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000097:blood; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D004913:Erythrocytes, Abnormal / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D006454:Hemoglobins; D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D010758:Phosphorus