[Is there a link between the food-cobalamin malabsorption and the pernicious anemia?].
BACKGROUND
A relation between food-cobalamin malabsorption and pernicious anemia has been suggested, particularly in the event of food-cobalamin malabsorption related to hypochlorhydric atrophic gastritis.


METHODS
This work describes three cases of well-documented cobalamin deficiency related to food-cobalamin malabsorption in three women aged 56, 82 and 68 Years who had atrophic gastritis (not associated with Helicobacter pylori infection) and later developed authentic pernicious anemia.


CONCLUSIONS
This work illustrates the potential relation between these two disorders responsible for cobalamin deficiency.
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Service de médecine interne, hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 porte de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg Cedex, France. emmanuel.andres@chru-strasbourg.fr
Noel
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Henoun Loukili
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Vinzio
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Blicklé
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005756:Gastritis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014805:Vitamin B 12
D014805:Vitamin B 12