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Descriptor English:   Anemia, Pernicious 
Descriptor Spanish:   Anemia Perniciosa 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Anemia Perniciosa 
Synonyms English:   Addison's Anemia
Anemia, Addison's  
Tree Number:   C15.378.071.252.196.500
C18.654.521.500.133.699.923.280
Definition English:   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) 
Indexing Annotation English:   a type of megaloblastic anemia
See Related English:   Schilling Test
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   767 
Unique Identifier:   D000752 

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