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[Action of vitamin B12 against pernicious anemia]. 1950

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UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006397	Hematinics	Agents which improve the quality of the blood, increasing the hemoglobin level and the number of erythrocytes. They are used in the treatment of anemias.	Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agent,Hematinic,Hematopoietic Agents,Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents,Agent, Erythropoiesis Stimulating,Stimulating Agent, Erythropoiesis
D000740	Anemia	A reduction in the number of circulating ERYTHROCYTES or in the quantity of HEMOGLOBIN.	Anemias
D000752	Anemia, Pernicious	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)	Addison's Anemia,Anemia, Addison's,Pernicious Anemia,Addison Anemia,Addisons Anemia,Anemia, Addison,Anemia, Addisons
D014805	Vitamin B 12	A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.	Cobalamin,Cyanocobalamin,Cobalamins,Eritron,Vitamin B12,B 12, Vitamin,B12, Vitamin
D045728	Corrinoids	Cyclic TETRAPYRROLES based on the corrin skeleton.
D064028	Tracheophyta	A subset of plants bearing a vascular system. Examples are ferns and seed-bearing species.	Coniferophyta,Conifers,Pinophyta,Pteridophyta,Tracheobionta,Conifer