Subacute Combined Degeneration, Pernicious Anemia and Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor Occured Simultaneously Caused by Autoimmune Gastritis

Subacute Combined Degeneration, Pernicious Anemia and Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor Occured Simultaneously Caused by Autoimmune Gastritis

Subacute combined degeneration (SCD) is a relatively rare myelopathy mainly caused by vitamin B12 (VitB12) deficiency. There are many causes contributing to VitB12 deficiency. Autoimmune gastritis might lead to severe VitB12 malabsorption and in its advanced stage pernicious anemia (PA) may occur. B...

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Main Authors: Nan Zhang, Rui-Hua Li, Lin Ma, Na Li, Pei-Yan Shan, Xing-Bang Wang, Ai-Fen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
subacute combined degeneration
vitamin B12 deficiency
pernicious anemia
autoimmune gastritis
gastric neuroendocrine tumors
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2019.00001/full

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