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Anemia is common in children and in the elderly. While a number of the etiologies of anemia in patients at both ends of the age spectrum may be similar (e.g., iron deficiency is common in both children and the elderly), the specific mechanisms by which the syndromes arise may differ considerably. In this book, the contributors, from either the adult or the pediatric hematology communities, discuss particular anemia syndromes in the specific patients among whom they practice. It is hoped that the book will be of value to specialists in either adult or pediatric hematology who wish to understand the etiologies and management of anemia among patients they do not typically see, to trainees who may during the period of their training be working with both adult and pediatric patients, and to generalists whose practices may involve the entire range of patient agents.
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Means, R.T. (2019). Introduction: Anemia at the Extremes of Life. In: Means Jr., R. (eds) Anemia in the Young and Old. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96487-4_1
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