PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | vitamin b12 deficiency |
| Phenotype | C0020676|hypothyroidism |
| Sentences | 2 |
| PubMedID- 21584166 | There are interesting data being published on thyroid carcinoma and its treatment, a high (40%) prevalence rate of vitamin b12 deficiency in patients with hypothyroidism, pituitary disorders, pcods, and safety of metformin during pregnancy, growth hormone testing protocols, and many other endocrine disorders. |
| PubMedID- 23651730 | vitamin b12 deficiency among patients with autoimmune hypothyroidism could be explained by the presence of antibodies to the gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor, reduced oral intake, dyserythropoesis due to thyroid hormone deficiency and defective absorption due to reduced bowel motility, bowel wall oedema and bacterial overgrowth [40]. |
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