title: Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: the pernicious anaemias.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mukiibi
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Makumbi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gwanzura
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Pade
mesh_terms: 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