[Megaloblastic anaemia in childhood due to vitamin B12 deficiency, report of 3 cases of congenital selective vitamin B12 malabsorption (author's tranls)].
Three cases of congenital selective malabsorption of vitamin B12 (Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome) are presented. Pathophysiological aspected and clinical symptoms of this disease are discussed together with other megaloblastic anaemias in childhood caused by vitamin B12 deficiency.
D000748:Anemia, Macrocytic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D000749:Anemia, Megaloblastic / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000378:metabolism; D014806:Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital
D014805:Vitamin B 12
Megaloblastäre Anämien durch Vitamin B12-Mangel im Kindesalter. Bericht über 3 Fälle von kongenitaler, selektiver Vitamin B12-Malabsorption