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What are the causes of pernicious anemia with normal B12 levels?
By Tripdatabase.
Abstract
No direct evidence suggests pernicious anemia can present with normal B12 due to anti-intrinsic factor antibodies causing assay interference. Clinicians should investigate antibody presence in suspicious cases of normal B12 levels.
Keywords
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- pernicious anemia
- intrinsic factor antibodies
- assay interference
- intrinsic factor
- paraproteins
- atypical presentation
- Open access
Source
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