An eldery male patient is brought by his son due to progressive fatigue the patient has long-standing hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus on his medication. lab test as the following : Hemoglobin 9.4 g/dl. MCV 90, serum creatinine 3.2 mg/dl, serum ferritin 350 ng/ml
If this patient start on appropriate treatment which of the following changes is most likely to occur in this patient erythroid cells?

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Eductional Objective: Erythropoietin (EPO) is produced by peritubular fibroblast cells in the renal cortex in response to decreased renal oxygen delivery.  EPO acts on erythrocyte precursors in the bone marrow to increase red blood cell production.  Patients with chronic kidney disease often have damage to renal EPO-producing cells, which results in normocytic anemia.

An Eldery Male Patient Is Brought by His Son Due