Chapter 3 - Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)»Nutritional anemias (D50-D53)»Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency (D51.0)
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Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Anemia, Pernicious9 drugs (8 approved, 1 experimental)
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)