THE essential lesion in adult pernicious anemia is a lack of production of intrinsic factor that is invariably associated with chronic atrophic gastritis or gastric atrophy. The gastric lesion, ...

The purpose of this communication is to bring together certain of the available data pertinent to this problem and to present limited observations concerning ketosteroid excretion and eosinophil ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had pernicious anemia for about eight years and must have an injection of vitamin B-12 every three weeks to stay alive. I am also a diabetic for over 10 years, with my A1C ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have pernicious anemia. My doctor told me not to take any NSAIDs, including aspirin, because they can cause stomach irritation, and that pernicious anemia raises the risk of stomach ...

A treatment for pernicious anemia, devised by Drs. George R. Minot and William P. Murphy and applied by Dr. Walter W. Palmer of the Manhattan College of Physicians & Surgeons, has shown such good ...

Q: My grandmother was just diagnosed with pernicious anemia and has to get B12 shots. Is it strange for this to begin so late in life? A: Adequate levels of vitamin B12 are necessary to make red blood ...

Dr. Karl Koessler of Chicago utilized the new knowledge of vitamin E (see above) in devising a dietary treatment for pernicious anemia which he reported to the Chicago Society of Internal Medicine ...

Pernicious anemia refers to a type of autoimmune anemia. Antibodies are directed against intrinsic factor or parietal cells which produce intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is required for vitamin B12 ...