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AIron deficiency anemia
BPernicious anemia
CAplastic anemia
DMegaloblastic anemia
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Iron deficiency anemia
1. Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia.
2. It arises when available iron is insufficient to allow production of enough heme.
3. It is especially common in teenagers, children, vegans and vegetarians, and can also follow slow chronic bleeding.
4. Pernicious, aplastic and megaloblastic anemias are all named conditions but none is described as the most common.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 18 "The Cardiovascular System: Blood", section 18.3 Erythrocytes_
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