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MeSH Heading: Anemia, Pernicious
Tree Number(s): C15.378.050.252.196.500; C18.654.521.500.133.699.923.280
Unique ID: D000752
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000752
Annotation: a type of megaloblastic anemia
Scope Note: A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin B 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Entry Term(s): Addison's Anemia; Anemia, Addison's; Pernicious Anemia
NLM Classification #: WH 165
See Also: Schilling Test
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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diagnosis (DI)

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diet therapy (DH)

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immunology (IM)

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pathology (PA)

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psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

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urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0001137
Scope Note: A megaloblastic anemia occurring in children but more commonly in later life, characterized by histamine-fast achlorhydria, in which the laboratory and clinical manifestations are based on malabsorption of vitamin B 12 due to a failure of the gastric mucosa to secrete adequate and potent intrinsic factor. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Terms: Anemia, Pernicious Preferred Term
Term UI T002247
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Addison's Anemia
Term UI T002245
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Anemia, Addison's
Term UI T002246
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Pernicious Anemia
Term UI T811413
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

Anemia, Pernicious MeSH Descriptor Data 2025