Unusual Cause of Childhood Anemia: Imerslund Grasbeck Syndrome

Unusual Cause of Childhood Anemia: Imerslund Grasbeck Syndrome

Imerslund Grasbeck syndrome (IGS) is a rare autosomal recessive childhood disorder characterized by selective Vitamin (vit) B 12 malabsorption with asymptomatic proteinuria without any structural renal pathology. The patients stay healthy for decades with life-long parenteral vit B12. We report a ca...

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Main Authors: Kishan Prasad Hosapatna Laxminarayana, Sunil Kumar Yeshvanth, Jayaprakash K Shetty, Harish S Permi, Chandrika Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
childhood anemia
megaloblastic anemia
imerslund grasbeck
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.86845

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