Megaloblastic anemia in North Africa

Haematologica. 2006 Jul;91(7):990-1. Epub 2006 Jun 1.

Abstract

We prospectively studied 478 patients with megaloblastic anemia living in Tunisia. Overall, 98% of patients had vitamin B12 deficiency. Pernicious anemia accounted for most of these cases, and median age at presentation was 45 years. Megaloblastic anemia occurred in 19 subjects under 15 years of age, and of these, nine had the Immerslund-Graesbeck syndrome.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Africa, Northern / epidemiology
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / classification
  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / epidemiology*
  • Anemia, Pernicious
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency