ea0020p140 | Thyroid | ECE2009
Kosenli Aybike
, Erdogan Mehmet
, Ganidagli Sencer
, Kulaksizoglu Mustafa
, Solmaz Soner
, Kosenli Ozgun
, Unsal Cagatay
, Canataroglu Abdullah
Objective: Thyroid hormones directly or indirectly, through erythropoietin, stimulate growth of erythroid colonies. Anemia is often the first sign of hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism can lead to a wide variety (%2060) of anemic disorders. Numerous mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of these anemias which can be microcytic, macrocytic and normocytic. Microcytic anemia is usually ascribed to malabsorption of iron and loss of iron by menorrhagia. Macrocytic anemia is...