Table 1

Conditions associated with iron-restricted erythropoiesis

Absolute iron deficiency 
    Dietary (growth/development) 
        Women's health 
            Pregnancy/breast feeding 
            Menstrual blood losses 
        Chronic blood loss 
            Blood donation 
            Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) 
            Gastrointestinal neoplasms 
            Gastrointestinal parasites (developing countries) 
        Decreased iron absorption 
            Celiac disease 
            Helicobacter pylori infection 
            Autoimmune atrophic gastritis 
Iron-sequestration syndromes 
    Anemia of chronic disease/inflammation 
        Autoimmune diseases 
        Infections 
        Malignancies 
        Chronic kidney disease 
    Hepcidin-producing adenomas 
    Iron refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA) 
    Copper deficiency 
Functional iron deficiency 
    ESA therapy 
Molecular defects in iron transport, recycling, and utilization 
    Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) mutations 
    Hypotransferrinemia 
    Ferroportin disease 
    Aceruloplasminemia 
    Hereditary sideroblastic anemias (ALAS2 mutations) 
    Heme oxygenase deficiency 
Absolute iron deficiency 
    Dietary (growth/development) 
        Women's health 
            Pregnancy/breast feeding 
            Menstrual blood losses 
        Chronic blood loss 
            Blood donation 
            Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) 
            Gastrointestinal neoplasms 
            Gastrointestinal parasites (developing countries) 
        Decreased iron absorption 
            Celiac disease 
            Helicobacter pylori infection 
            Autoimmune atrophic gastritis 
Iron-sequestration syndromes 
    Anemia of chronic disease/inflammation 
        Autoimmune diseases 
        Infections 
        Malignancies 
        Chronic kidney disease 
    Hepcidin-producing adenomas 
    Iron refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA) 
    Copper deficiency 
Functional iron deficiency 
    ESA therapy 
Molecular defects in iron transport, recycling, and utilization 
    Divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) mutations 
    Hypotransferrinemia 
    Ferroportin disease 
    Aceruloplasminemia 
    Hereditary sideroblastic anemias (ALAS2 mutations) 
    Heme oxygenase deficiency 
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