Would you check vitamin B6 routinely in the work up of anemia?
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In the work-up for nutritional deficiencies in normocytic anemia, I routinely check:
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I only consider it when I see ringed sideroblasts in the marrow. It is on the differential of things that lead to ringed sideroblasts. "Pyridoxine responsive anemia", which can be inherited or acquired. However, in my experience, it is very rare. Even the couple of people I have had with mildly decr...
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