The absorption of vitamin B12 in megaloblastic anaemia associated with pregnancy.
The absorption of (60)CoB(12) has been studied in a group of patients suffering from megaloblastic anaemia associated with pregnancy and in a control group. The mean urinary excretion of (60)CoB(12) in the patients with megaloblastic anaemia is not significantly different from that of the control group. Five of the 30 patients showed a value towards the lower limit of normal, but the serum vitamin B(12) content in this group was within the normal range. Malabsorption of vitamin B(12) does not appear to play a significant role in the pathogenesis of this form of megaloblastic anaemia.
D000740:Anemia; D000749:Anemia, Megaloblastic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012016:Reference Values; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000378:metabolism*
D014805:Vitamin B 12
ANEMIA, HYPERCHROMIC/in pregnancy; PREGNANCY/complications; VITAMIN B 12/metabolism