• Folic acid measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of megaloblastic anemia, which is characterized by the presence of megaloblasts (an abnormal red blood cell series) in the bone marrow. (fda.gov)
  • In megaloblastic anemia, the bone marrow produces red blood cells that are large and abnormal (megaloblasts). (msdmanuals.com)
  • any one of a group of congenital hemolytic anemias in which there is no abnormal hemoglobin or spherocytosis and in which there is a defect of glycolysis in the erythrocyte. (icdlist.com)
  • abnormal hemoglobin ( sickle cell anemia ). (medicinenet.com)
  • Hence, these cells, which can be seen in bone marrow aspirates and in peripheral smears, have been called megaloblasts. (medscape.com)
  • Blood tests can detect abnormal cells that indicate vitamin deficiency anemia. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It is characterized by the appearance of large-sized, abnormal red blood cells (megaloblasts), which form when there are inadequate stores of folic acid within the body. (wikipedia.org)
  • Megaloblasts are large nucleated red blood cells. (medscape.com)
  • In megaloblastic anemia, the bone marrow produces red blood cells that are large and abnormal (megaloblasts). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Before embarking on the exploration of anemia, it must be ensured that the other lines are normal because the behavior would be different if there was bicytopenia, pancytopenia or anemia with leukocytosis made of lymphocytes, a myelemia or with the presence of abnormal cells in the blood. (medical-actu.com)
  • It is characterized by the appearance of large-sized, abnormal red blood cells (megaloblasts), which form when there are inadequate stores of folic acid within the body. (wikipedia.org)
  • Small, abnormal spherical red blood cells with more than the normal amount of hemoglobin. (bvsalud.org)
  • If B-12 deficiency occurs, DNA production is disrupted and abnormal cells called megaloblasts, to occur. (lifesourcevitamins.com)
  • In the surveys of the marrow tissue the afternoon you mere here, I felt rather definitely that the hyperplasia of blast cells was not typical of myeloblasts, megaloblasts, monoblasts or lymphoblasts. (nih.gov)