Pernicious anemia: New insights from a gastroenterological point of view

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 5121-5128

  Lahner, Edith ^a   Annibale, Bruno ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; Helicobacter pylori; Intrinsic factor; Parietal cells; Pernicious anemia; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GASTRIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; PEPSINOGEN I;

ASTHENIA; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE ADENOMATOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOID; STOMACH MUCOSA; THYROID DISEASE; WEAKNESS;

EID: 73449117883     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5121     Document Type: Review

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