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Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome with novel compound heterozygous SLC19A2 mutations and thrombotic events: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome represents a rare autosomal recessive condition originating from mutations in the SLC19A2 gene.
Francisco Xavier Jiménez, Carlos Rojas, Heidi A. Fernandez, Rossana Ruiz-Urbáez, Carlos Reyes-Silva, Jhonatan Guamán, Mauricio Carrión, Fernando Naranjo-Saltos   +7 more
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency-Associated Pseudo-Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Patient on Longstanding Oral B12 Supplementation. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common cause of normocytic or megaloblastic anemia. In 2.5% of cases, it can manifest as pseudo‐thrombotic microangiopathy (pseudo‐TMA), which mimics thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), an emergent hemolytic microangiopathy.
Bertucci HK, Moy BM, Stein R.
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Discordant Vitamin B12 Results in an IgA Nephropathy Patient. [PDF]

J Clin Lab Anal
ABSTRACT Background Discordant Vitamin B12 results can result from immunoassay interferences, potentially leading to unnecessary diagnostic procedures and misdiagnoses if not properly recognized. Case Presentation A 76‐year‐old male with a history of IgA nephropathy, hypertension, and other comorbidities presented with unexpectedly elevated total ...
Portakal O, Işlak N, Binici MŞ, Büyükaşik Y.   +3 more
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Pernicious Anemia and <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection: What a Hematologist Needs to Know? [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Helicobacter pylori infection and the possible underlying mechanism of parietal cell damage, and progression to pernicious anemia. ABSTRACT This case report emphasizes the importance of early detection and prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) as a reversible cause of autoimmune gastritis and its associated vitamin B‐12 deficiency.
Saadat E, Qadir MS, Moiz B.
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Role of LDH levels in differentiating anemias

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: There is a need to differentiate megaloblastic anemia from mixed deficiency anemia as both require different management protocols. With the acquisition of more information about them, tests such as serum vitamin estimation and Schilling test,
Noorin Zaidi , Rasha Zia Usmani , Kshama Tiwari , Sumaiya Irfan , Syed Riaz Mehdi   +4 more
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Massive Splenomegaly: A Rare Presentation of Megaloblastic Anemia

International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 2021
Megaloblastic anemia is a common disorder with various manifestations. Of the many causes, cobalamin or folate deficiency can eventuate into megaloblastic anemia.
Tahereh Gholipour, Alireza Sadeghi, Padideh Oghab, Pegah Farrokhi, Azadeh Moghaddas   +4 more
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MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA IN CHILDREN: CASE SERIES FROM A SINGLE INSTITUTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Folic acid and cobalamin are B-group vitamins that play an essential role in many cellular processes. Deficiency in one or both of these vitamins causes megaloblastic anemia, a very rare anemia in children, which is characterized by the presence of ...
Andreea Oltean, Mihaela Ioana Chincesan, Maria Despina Baghiu, Eniko Molnar, Cristina Oana Marginean   +4 more
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Megaloblastic anemia associated with small bowel resection in an adult patient

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2021
Megaloblastic anemia is characterized by macro-ovalocytosis, cytopenias, and nucleocytoplasmic maturation asynchrony of marrow erythroblast. The development of megaloblastic anemia is usually insidious in onset, and symptoms are present only in severely ...
Ajayi Adeleke Ibijola, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola   +1 more
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Megaloblastic Anemia of Pregnancy: Characteristics of Pure Megaloblastic Anemia and Megaloblastic Anemia Associated with Iron Deficiency [PDF]

Blood, 1960
Abstract Morphology of the peripheral blood and bone marrow, iron, folic acid and vitamin B12 metabolism and estimation of erythrokinetics have been made in 17 patients with megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy. The peripheral blood showed the classic picture of megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy previously reported.
M, LAYRISSE, O, AGUERO, N, BLUMENFELD, H, WALLIS, I, DUGARTE, A, OJEDA   +5 more
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Megaloblastic anemia - A clinical spectrum and a hematological profile: The day-to-day public health problem

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2016
Aims and Objectives: To know the various parameters and diagnostic approach of megaloblastic anemia. To know the age incidence and sex ratio. Materials and Methods: A hospital-based retrospective and prospective study was done for a period of 1-year ...
S Srikanth
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