Iron deficiency causes-: (A) Megaloblastic anemia, (B) Microcytic hypochromic anemia, (C) Macrocytic hypochromic anemia, (D) Microcytic hyperchromic anemia
Answer is B. In Fe deficiency anemia the red cells become microcytic and hypochromic & poikilocytosis become more marked . Ref:Postgraduate Hematology by Victor Hoffbrand pg39 Ref Robbins 9/e pg422