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Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome in a 25-month-old Italian girl caused by a homozygous mutation in AMN.
Italian journal of pediatrics - 17 Sept 2013
De Filippo Gianpaolo, Rendina Domenico, Rocco Vincenzo, Esposito Teresa, Gianfrancesco Fernando, Strazzullo Pasquale
Abstract excerpt
Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by vitamin B12 deficiency due to selective malabsorption of the vitamin and usually results in megaloblastic anemia appearing in childhood. It is responsive to parenteral vitamin B12 therapy.The estimated prevalence (calculated based on Scandinavian data) is less than 6:1,000,000. However, many cases may be misdiagnosed.When there...
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