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What are the causes and symptoms of sideroblastic anemia?

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What are the causes and symptoms of sideroblastic anemia?

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The cause of sideroblastic anemia cannot always be identified. Drug toxicity, alcohol abuse, and lead poisoning are common causes of this condition. Sideroblastic anemia is also associated with: • leukemia • lymphoma (cancer of the lymph glands) • myeloma (cancer of the bone marrow) • rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases Symptoms of sideroblastic anemia are the same as symptoms of the disease that causes the condition, as well as anemia Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.