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... > Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Nutrition Disorders > Malnutrition > Deficiency Diseases > Avitaminosis > Vitamin B Deficiency > Vitamin B 12 Deficiency > Anemia, Pernicious
... > Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Anemia > Anemia, Macrocytic > Anemia, Megaloblastic > Anemia, Pernicious

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Anemia, Pernicious  

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  • Addison Anemia
  • Addison's Anemia
  • Addisons Anemia
  • Anemia, Addison
  • Anemia, Addison's
  • Anemia, Addisons
  • Pernicious Anemia

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  • a type of megaloblastic anemia

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  • A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin B 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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