Pernicious anemia (PA) is a rare autoimmune condition where your body can’t make enough healthy red blood cells because it lacks vitamin B12. PA affects people of all ages, but mostly those over 60.

Pernicious anemia itself is not a direct cause of back pain. But it is not uncommon to see these two conditions together. Here’s why. Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune condition that primarily ...

Pernicious anemia is an autoimmune condition that leads to a lack of red blood cells. A deficiency in vitamin B-12 causes it. This article explains the symptoms of pernicious anemia, and how it ...

Strauss and Brokaw 1 recently reviewed and evaluated various clinical and metabolic changes in pernicious anemia. They concluded that "the occurrence of numerous manifestations of Addison's disease of ...

The purpose of this communication is to bring together certain of the available data pertinent to this problem and to present limited observations concerning ketosteroid excretion and eosinophil ...

Anemia is a condition characterized by the reduced production of healthy blood cells. An important function of the red blood cells is to carry oxygen to the tissues in the body; hence a decrease in ...

Autoimmune disorder: A disease that results when the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, as in rheumatoid arthritis. Bone Marrow Biopsy: The removal of a sample of tissue from the bone ...

- a chronic progressive anemia of older adults; thought to result from a lack of intrinsic factor (a substance secreted by the stomach that is responsible for the absorption of vitamin B12) ...