Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas3Estimated red blood cell thickness in microcytic anemia due to iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia5151VirojWiwanitkit20151005Anemia is one of the most common hematological disorders that are still the present in all countries around the world. Microcytic anemia is a specific kind of anemia presenting with small red blood cell. In this paper, the author discusses on the estimated red blood cell thickness, a new proposed parameter, comparing between that of iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia and further extrapolate on the clinical implication.https://ijmhi.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijmhi/article/view/51https://ijmhi.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijmhi/article/download/51/51