03Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders Nutritional or metabolic anaemias 3A03Certain nutritional or metabolic anaemias
3A03.1
category
Protein deficiency anaemia
Definition A disease caused by low levels of protein within the body. This disease is characterised by a low red blood cell count in the blood. This disease may present with pallor, fatigue, or shortness of breath. Confirmation is by identification of a low red blood cell count in a blood sample.
Also indexed as
Amino-acid deficiency anaemia Protein deficiency anaemia anaemia due to amino-acid disorder
Nearby in Certain nutritional or metabolic anaemias
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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