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What Is It?
Iron deficiency is an abnormally low level of iron in the body.
Iron is an essential mineral found in red meat and certain fruits and vegetables. In the body, iron is needed to form myoglobin, a protein in muscle cells, and it is essential for certain enzymes that drive the body's chemical reactions. In the bone marrow, iron is used to make hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying chemical inside the body's red blood cells. If iron levels fall too low, it causes iron deficiency anemia. When...
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency
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Iron Deficiency
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
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Factor XII Deficiency
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Factor XII is a deficiency in one of the proteins (Factor XII [12]) involved in clotting blood.Deficiency of factor XII is considered a rare clotting... Read more »
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