A nurse in a pediatric clinic is reviewing laboratory result…
A nurse in a pediatric clinic is reviewing laboratory results for an 18-month-old child who presents with pallor, fatigue, and poor appetite. The lab work reveals a low Hemoglobin (8.2) and the Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) is low (62). The nurse recognizes that this morphological pattern is most characteristic of which underlying condition?
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