title: Pernicious anemia in Turkey.
abstract: Pernicious anemia patients who were diagnosed during a 5-year period in Cukurova University Hospital, Adana, Turkey were reviewed. Of approximately 200 new patients per year accepted by the Hematology Unit 44 were diagnosed as having pernicious anemia. There were 30 males and 14 females. The mean age for men was 49.14 +/- 18.11 and that for women was 40.00 +/- 14.05. Both values and the mean age overall were lower than the reported mean age for Whites, Blacks and Latin Americans living in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Cukurova University School of Medicine, Department of Hematology, Balcali-Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kocak
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paydas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D014805:Vitamin B 12