Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression

Pernicious anemia (PA) is a common cause of megaloblastic anemia throughout the world, especially in Northern European whites. This disease is characterized by the deficiency of vitamin B12 due to the presence of anti-intrinsic factor and anti-parietal cell antibodies which inhibit the absorption of...

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Autores principales: Iftikhar, Hassaan, Saleem, Maryam, Kaji, Anand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417815
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4870
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description Pernicious anemia (PA) is a common cause of megaloblastic anemia throughout the world, especially in Northern European whites. This disease is characterized by the deficiency of vitamin B12 due to the presence of anti-intrinsic factor and anti-parietal cell antibodies which inhibit the absorption of the vitamin B12. In cases of severe vitamin B12 deficiency, patients can suffer debilitating complications such as described in our case.
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spelling pubmed-66874292019-08-15 Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression Iftikhar, Hassaan Saleem, Maryam Kaji, Anand Cureus Cardiology Pernicious anemia (PA) is a common cause of megaloblastic anemia throughout the world, especially in Northern European whites. This disease is characterized by the deficiency of vitamin B12 due to the presence of anti-intrinsic factor and anti-parietal cell antibodies which inhibit the absorption of the vitamin B12. In cases of severe vitamin B12 deficiency, patients can suffer debilitating complications such as described in our case. Cureus 2019-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6687429/ /pubmed/31417815 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4870 Text en Copyright © 2019, Iftikhar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title_full Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title_fullStr Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title_full_unstemmed Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title_short Pernicious Anemia Presenting as Non-ST-elevated Myocardial Infarction and Depression
title_sort pernicious anemia presenting as non-st-elevated myocardial infarction and depression
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417815
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4870
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