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- Title
Niveles de vitamina B12 en pacientes colombianos con gastritis crónica atrófica.
- Authors
Marín, Julián David Martínez; Riveros, Sandra Consuelo Henao; Tovar, Mario Humberto Rey
- Abstract
We present a group of 75 Colombian adults who were diagnosed with chronic atrophic gastritis in accordance with the Sydney criteria. 28% of the group had vitamin B12 deficiencies: 9% were diagnosed with Pernicious anemia. Hemoglobin and mean corpuscular volume were not correlated with vitamin B12 deficiency. We found no statistical association of vitamin B12 deficiency with gender, patients over 60 years of age, or the presence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). The average age of patients with vitamin B12 deficiency or pernicious anemia is less than that traditionally reported for these diseases.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; VITAMIN B12 deficiency; GASTRITIS; PERNICIOUS anemia; HELICOBACTER pylori
- Publication
Revista Colombiana de Gastroenterología, 2010, Vol 25, Issue 3, p261
- ISSN
0120-9957
- Publication type
Article