Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: the pernicious anaemias.
This study of 16 patients with pernicious anaemia (PA) (9 males and 7 females); serves as further evidence that the disease is not as infrequent in Africans as the literature stressing its rarity in the past appears to have suggested. The age-old preconceptions about racial incidence; age of onset; and absence of adequate laboratory facilities particularly in the African setting have hitherto greatly contributed to under-diagnosis of this disorder in Africans.
Mukiibi
J M
JM
Department of Haematology, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.
Makumbi
F A
FA
Paul
B
B
Gwanzura
C
C
Pade
J K
JK
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D015030:Zimbabwe / Q000453:epidemiology