Rural health challenges in Western Uganda: pernicious anemia masquerading as recurrent lower limb weakness—a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Pernicious anemia, also called Biemer’s disease, is an autoimmune disease and the most common cause of cobalamin deficiency globally. Various genetic, environmental, and immunological factors interplay to lead to its presentation.
Venance Emmanuel Mswelo +8 more
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Pernicious anemia following COVID-19 vaccination: A report of two cases [PDF]
International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research, 2023 Since December 2019 and the global epidemic of COVID-19 different countries have focused on vaccines, and one of the inactivated produced vaccines was the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.
Hamidreza Soltani +4 more
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Pernicious anemia presenting with dysphagia and melanoderma: a confusing manifestation [PDF]
Future Science OAVitamin B12 deficiency is widely recognized as a common cause of anemia. However, symptoms such as dysphagia, melanoderma, and pancytopenia, although less frequent, can also be associated with this deficiency.
Salma Souissi +6 more
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Rare co-occurrence of probable pernicious anemia and autoimmune hepatitis in a 55-year-old male patient: A case report [PDF]
SAGE Open Medical Case ReportsThis is a case of probable pernicious anemia in the setting of autoimmune hepatitis. A 55-year-old male patient presented to the Emergency Room at Dr. Ruth K.M.
Ahmed Ibrahim Siddiqui +6 more
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Pernicious anemia presenting as pancytopenia [PDF]
eJHaem, 2021 Nwabundo Anusim +2 more
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Genome-wide association study identifies five risk loci for pernicious anemia
Nature Communications, 2021 Pernicious anemia shows co-incidence with autoimmune disorders, yet the genetic basis for this condition is understudied. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study meta-analysis on pernicious anemia, identifying five susceptibility loci ...
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Type-1 Grade 2 Multi-Focal Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumors Secondary to Chronic Autoimmune Gastritis
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundChronic autoimmune gastritis (CAG) refers to chronic atrophic gastritis due to autoimmunity. Loss of gastric glands in CAG results in hypergastrinemia and achlorhydria leading to Vitamin B12 deficiency and hyperplasia of G cells and ...
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MCPIP1 deficiency in mice results in severe anemia related to autoimmune mechanisms. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Autoimmune gastritis is an organ-specific autoimmune disease of the stomach associated with pernicious anemia. The previous work from us and other groups identified MCPIP1 as an essential factor controlling inflammation and immune homeostasis. MCPIP1(-/-)
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Splenectomy in Pernicious Anemia [PDF]
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F1000Research, 2020 Primary gastric cancer remains one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide. Often patients remain asymptomatic until it is detected at an advanced stage with a poor prognosis.
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