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• Glycine is the amino acid involved in the synthesis of heme
• Iron overload is the common complication of treatment of thalassemia
• the body sequesters iron in macrophages in patients with chronic infections
• Megaloblasts are characteristically found in vitamin B12 deficiency
• Mean corpuscular volume is increased due to the presence of reticulocytes in hemolytic anemia
• Unconjugated and total bilirubin will be increased in the blood of a patient with hemolytic anemia
• in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia antibodies bind to red cells at 37 degree Celsius