A 55 year old woman with chronic kidney disease (CKD) visits the primary health care with progressive fatigue and pallor, investigations show normocytic normochromic anemia.
Which is the most likely kidney-related mechanism that best explains her condition?

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A 55 year old woman with chronic kidney disease (CKD) visits the primary health care with progressive fatigue and pallor, investigations show normocytic normochromic anemia. 
 Which is the most likely kidney-related mechanism that best explains her condition?

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Erythropoietin deficiency causing a decrease in RBCs production

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Impaired filtration of red blood cells at the glomerulus

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Excessive secretion of red blood cells into the urine

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Loss of blood cells due to impaired renal autoregulation

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Reduced reabsorption of iron in the proximal tubule

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