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Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) blood test
Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DOKey TakeawaysThe MCV test measures the size of your red blood cells.A normal MCV for ...
It's that little number tucked away in the hemogram juxtaposed between the even more ignored abbreviations MCHC (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration) and RDW (red cell distribution width). The ...
Patients with a low MCV are likely to have iron deficiency anemia, although thalassemia and anemia of chronic disease are part of the differential. 1 When the MCV is low, the serum ferritin level can ...
NAINR. 2004;4(4):231-239. Mature erythrocytes are biconcave disks. RBCs with abnormal morphology may be removed from the circulation leading to anemia. Therefore, certain types of anemia may be ...
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