pernicious anaemia

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pernicious anaemia

a form of anaemia characterized by lesions of the spinal cord, weakness, sore tongue, numbness in the arms and legs, diarrhoea, etc.: associated with inadequate absorption of vitamin B₁₂

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No references found			Her mum has to have an injection every three months to treat her pernicious anaemia, an aunt has difficult-to-control diabetes and severe hair loss, while her brother has vitiligo, a harmless condition where areas of his skin have no pigment. DR SCOTT'S SURGERY by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) In Lesley's case, she has also developed rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and pernicious anaemia, as well as having her hips replaced and her ankle fused. We are cycling for our heroes by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) A Pernicious anaemia is a condition where the body is missing specific cells that absorb vitamin B12 from food in the stomach. Nerve drugs are a pain in neck by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			permissive cell permissive condition permissive stop permit Permitin, Efim Permitin, Efim Nikolaevich permittivity Permo-Carboniferous Permo-Triassic mass extinction Permoser, Balthasar permselective membrane Permutation Permutation and Combination permutation character permutation group permutation matrix permutation modulation permutation table permutation tensor permutations and combinations Permutite Pernambuco Pernambuco Wood Pernau pernetti pernicious anaemia pernicious anemia pernicious malaria Pernik Pernik District Pernik Strike of 1906 perniosis Perodicticus Perognathinae Perón, Eva Perón, Eva Duarte de Perón, Isabel Perón, Isabel María Martínez de Perón, Juan Peron, Juan Domingo Perón, Juan Domingo peronine Peronist Péronne Peronosporales Perosis Perot, H Ross Perot, H. Ross Perothopidae Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Perov, Vasilii			Pern Pern Perna canaliculus Perna Canaliculus Extract Pernambucano Pernambucano Pernambuco Pernambuco Pernambuco Pernambuco & Fernando De Noronha Pernambuco & Fernando De Noronha pernambuco wood pernambuco wood Pernancy Pernancy Pernas International Holdings Bhd. Pernau Pernel Pernet PERNETS pernetti Pernettya Pernettya Perniagaan Logam Xing Fa Sdn. Bhd. Pernicion perniciosus pernicious pernicious pernicious pernicious pernicious anaemia pernicious anemia pernicious anemia pernicious anemia pernicious anemia pernicious anemia pernicious leukopenia pernicious leukopenia pernicious leukopenia pernicious malaria pernicious myopia pernicious myopia pernicious myopia pernicious vomiting pernicious vomiting pernicious vomiting perniciously perniciously perniciously perniciousness perniciousness perniciousness Pernicity pernickety Pernik Pernik Pernik District Pernik Strike of 1906 Pernil Pernil Pernil

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