Pernicious anaemia in a 50 year old Nigerian Igbo woman

A fifty year old Nigerian Igbo woman presented with subacute combined degeneration of the cord, hyperpigmentated spots on the palms and soles, white eye lashes, grey hairs, clonic-tonic convulsions and heart failure. She had had intractable anaemia despite multiple blood transfusions and hematinics...

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Main Author: Vincent Ikeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2004-01-01
Series:International Journal of Medicine and Health Development
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Online Access:http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2004;volume=9;issue=1;spage=38;epage=39;aulast=Ikeh;type=0