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DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF SERUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE LEVELS (LDL) IN DIFFERENTIATING MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA FROM MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To study the diagnostic utility of lactate dehydrogenase levels in differentiating megaloblastic anemia from myelodysplastic anemia in Pakistan. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of
Faraz Ali Rana, Helen Mary Robert, Madiha Ilyas, Asad Mahmood, Muhammad Amir, Nabeela Khan   +5 more
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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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Idiopathic autoimmune hemolytic anemia along with concomitant vitamin B12 deficiency in an adolescent girl: A rare occurrence

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Vitamin B12 deficiency is seen in countries like India mainly because of predominantly vegetarian diet and is a significant health problem. Patients present with various neurological and hematological manifestations of megaloblastic anemia.
Kapil Bhalla, Nisha Verma, Sanjiv Nanda, Ashish Gupta, Shuchi Mehra   +4 more
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Megaloblastic anemia-related iron overload and erythroid regulators: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background In ineffective erythropoiesis, hepcidin synthesis is suppressed by erythroid regulators, namely erythroferrone and growth differentiation factor-15.
Nicolas Vallet, Jean-Baptiste Delaye, Martine Ropert, Amélie Foucault, Noémie Ravalet, Sophie Deriaz, Thomas Chalopin, Hélène Blasco, François Maillot, Olivier Hérault, Emmanuel Gyan   +10 more
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An infantile case of hereditary folate malabsorption with sudden development of pulmonary hemorrhage: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Hereditary folate malabsorption—a rare disorder caused by impairment of the folate transporter—can develop into severe folate deficiency manifesting as megaloblastic anemia and occasionally thrombocytopenia.
Yukari Sakurai, Naohisa Toriumi, Takeo Sarashina, Toru Ishioka, Marino Nagata, Hiroya Kobayashi, Hiroshi Azuma   +6 more
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