Low cobalamin levels associated with sickle cell disease: Contrasting origins and clinical meanings in two instructive patients

Am J Hematol. 2010 Jun;85(6):436-9. doi: 10.1002/ajh.21678.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anemia, Pernicious / blood
  • Anemia, Pernicious / complications*
  • Anemia, Pernicious / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Pernicious / genetics
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / blood
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell / therapy
  • Autoantibodies / classification
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Depression / etiology
  • Female
  • Folic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Gastrins / blood
  • Hemoglobin SC Disease / blood
  • Hemoglobin SC Disease / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyurea / therapeutic use
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia / blood
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia / complications
  • Intrinsic Factor / immunology
  • Iron Overload / etiology
  • Male
  • Methylmalonic Acid / blood
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • Transcobalamins / deficiency*
  • Transcobalamins / genetics
  • Transfusion Reaction
  • Treatment Refusal
  • Vitamin B 12 / blood*
  • Vitamin B 12 / therapeutic use
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / etiology
  • Vitamin B 12 Deficiency / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Gastrins
  • Transcobalamins
  • Methylmalonic Acid
  • Intrinsic Factor
  • Folic Acid
  • Vitamin B 12
  • Hydroxyurea