Other deficiency anemias
Pernicious anemia
- anemia due to poor intestinal absorption of vitamin B12 caused by defective production of intrinsic factor (a carrier protein) by the gastric mucosa.
- (per-NISH-us a-NEE-mee-a) A type of anemia (low red blood cell count) caused by the body's inability to absorb vitamin B12.
Other vitamin b12 deficiency anemia
Folate-deficiency anemia
Other specified megaloblastic anemias not elsewhere classified
Protein-deficiency anemia
Anemia associated with other specified nutritional deficiency
Unspecified deficiency anemia
- anemias associated with impaired DNA synthesis in bone marrow progenitor cells leading to odd shaped, macrocytic, or dysfunctional erythrocytes; usually caused by B12 or folate deficiency.
