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Severe neuropsychiatric symptoms due to vitamin b12 deficiency: a case of pernicious anemia or metformin use?

open access: yesGalicia Clínica, 2015
Pernicious anemia is the leading cause of vitamin B12 deficiency and requires an early diagnose and proper treatment since it is a reversible form of acute psychosis and demyelinating nervous system disease 1.
doaj   +1 more source

Hematinic deficiencies and anemia statuses in oral mucosal disease patients with folic acid deficiency

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
Folic acid deficiency (FAD) may result in macrocytic anemia. This study assessed the hematinic deficiencies and anemia statuses in oral mucosal disease patients with FAD (defined as folic acid ≤ 6 ng/mL). Methods: The blood hemoglobin (Hb), iron, vitamin
Julia Yu-Fong Chang   +5 more
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Developing a Measure to Assess General Knowledge for Coeliac Disease

open access: yesHealth Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The importance of establishing knowledge about coeliac disease relates to the increasing incidence of symptomatic individuals who are undiagnosed. Objectives This study aimed to develop and pilot a tool that could be used to measure general knowledge regarding coeliac disease.
Tiffany Lavis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When B12 therapy fails: two case reports of intravenous vitamin B12 resistance in pernicious anemia

open access: yesKhyber Medical University Journal
BACKGROUND: Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune disorder causing vitamin B12 deficiency resulting from impaired absorption caused by intrinsic factor absence. Positive parietal cell and intrinsic factor antibodies confirm the diagnosis.
Zeeshan Shaikh   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Acquired Hemolytic Anemia and Pancytopenia Secondary to Pernicious Anemia

open access: yesCase Reports in Oncology, 2020
The commonest etiologies of new-onset pancytopenia are congenital bone marrow failure syndromes, marrow space-occupying lesions, infections, and peripheral destruction.
Sreethish Sasi, Mohamed A. Yassin
doaj   +1 more source

Deoxyuridine suppression test: a comparison of two methods and effect of thymidine on the incorporation of 3H-deoxyuridine into DNA in human bone marrow cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Deoxyuridine suppression tests have been performed by two different methods of six normoblastic and eight megaloblastic marrows. A good correlation was obtained between the results by the modified and the original methods. The simplified method was found
Chanarin, Israel   +2 more
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Epidemiology and Genetics of Rheumatic Diseases Suggest a Constant Rate of DNA Damage as Underlying Cause

open access: yesImmunology, Volume 177, Issue 4, Page 736-748, April 2026.
A constant rate of DNA damage that is not perfectly repaired will cause a constant rate of DNA mutations. The chance of mutation will increase if DNA is prone to damage, such as occurs in somatic hypermutation (SHM) hotspots and GC‐rich DNA. Thus, if one mutation‐prone DNA site drives disease, the age of onset of disease and degree of penetrance should
Piet C. de Groen
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Pregnancy Mimicking HELLP Syndrome

open access: yesCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
Severe vitamin B12 deficiency may present with hematologic abnormalities that mimic thrombotic microangiopathy disorders such as hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome. We report a patient diagnosed with severe vitamin
Shravya Govindappagari   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in a random sample from the Australian population

open access: yes, 2014
 Objective: Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older adults, and may increase the risk of cognitive impairment. The distribution of vitamin B12 insufficiency in younger age groups is less studied. This study aims to assess the prevalence of vitamin
Ames,D   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Not All Hemolysis Is Hemolytic: A Case of Pernicious Anemia

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports
Vitamin B12 deficiency is classically associated with megaloblastic anemia and neurologic or neuropsychiatric manifestations; however, in rare cases, it may present with pancytopenia and laboratory features that mimic hemolytic anemia.
Srijani Thannir MD   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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