Severe megaloblastic anaemia due to vitamin B12 deficiency in The Gambia.

Authors :: Abdalla SH
Corrah PT
Mabey DC
Source :: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 1986; Vol. 80 (4), pp. 557-62.
Publication Year :: 1986
Abstract: Five cases of severe megaloblastic anaemia in Gambians are described. Three of the patients were found to have pernicious anaemia. The difficulties in diagnosis and the various features of pernicious anaemia in Negroes are discussed. A brief review of the literature is included.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Anemia, Megaloblastic blood
Anemia, Pernicious complications
Erythrocyte Indices
Female
Folic Acid blood
Gambia
Hemoglobins analysis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Vitamin B 12 blood
Anemia, Macrocytic etiology
Anemia, Megaloblastic etiology
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency complications

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0035-9203
Volume :: 80
Issue :: 4
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 3810788
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(86)90138-0