About The Medical Condition Pernicious Anemia

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Pernicious Anemia

Pernicious Anemia Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Pernicious Anemia Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Pernicious Anemia?

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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