Megaloblastic anaemia: Folic acid and vitamin B12 metabolism [PDF]
Revista Médica Del Hospital General De México, 2015 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 anaemia, a disease characterized by the presence of megaloblasts.
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Masked vitamin B12 deficiency in pernicious anaemia: A diagnostic trap due to assay interference—Case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsMegaloblastic anaemia is mainly caused by vitamin B12 or folate deficiency. However, rare cases present with discordant laboratory findings, particularly falsely elevated vitamin B12 levels due to assay interference from anti-intrinsic factor antibodies,
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Severe megaloblastic anaemia in an infant. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2011 Vitamin B12or cobalamin deficiency, a rare clinical entity in pediatric age, is found most exclusively in breastfed infants, whose mothers are strictly vegetarian non-supplemented or with pernicious anaemia. In this article, the authors describe a 10-month-old infant admitted for vomiting, refusal to eat and prostration.
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Clinico-aetiological and Demographic Profile of Pancytopenia among Children in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northern Part of West Bengal- A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Pancytopenia is a trio of results caused by numerous medical conditions in which all blood cell lineages, such as leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets, are diminished in blood.
Mousumi Das, Aniruddha Saha, Amita Giri
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Tongue disorders due to megaloblastic anaemia and its management: A case report.
Update Dental College Journal, 2021 The presence of megaloblasts and macrocytes in the bone marrow characterizes megaloblastic anaemia. Megaloblastic anaemia is the result of folate and vitamin B12 deficiency in more than 95% of cases. We hereby report a case of megaloblastic anaemia in a
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Incidentally Detected Anaemia in Elderly: A Cross-sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) is most prevalent nutritional deficiency observed worldwide. The elderly population is particularly susceptible.
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Aetiological Profiles of Pancytopenia in Children between 2 months to 12 years of Age- A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Centre, Chennai, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Pancytopenia is a medical condition that generally exists among children in which the peripheral blood cell lineages are found to reduce in blood.
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Sudden Vision Loss as First Clinical Manifestation of Anaemic Retinopathy [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Anaemia can have devastating results, especially when associated with thrombocytopenia. The author here report a case of 16-year-old female who presented with chief complaint of sudden, painless, nonprogressive diminution of vision in left eye past one ...
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Varied Clinico-haematological Presentation of Patients of Megaloblastic Anaemia with Deficiency of Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in a Tertiary Care Center of Northern India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Introduction: Megaloblastic anaemia is caused by vitamin B12 and/or folic acid deficiency. Clinically megaloblastic anaemia may present as a continuum of asymptomatic metabolic abnormalities ranging to life-threatening clinical syndrome.
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A Curious Case of Fever and Hyperpigmentation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Megaloblastic anaemia as a cause of pyrexia is a rare entity. Similarly, hyperpigmentation of skin has rarely been reported as the presenting manifestation of folate and/or vitamin B12 deficiency.
SUBRATA CHAKRABARTI
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