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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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- Addison's Anemia
- Anemia, Addison's
- Anemia, Pernicious
- Addison Anemia
- Addisons Anemia
- Anemia, Addison
- Anemia, Addisons
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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a type of megaloblastic anemia
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pernicious Anemia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000752. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000752
- Pernicious Anemia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernicious_anemia
- Pernicious Anemia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346016