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Pernicious Anemia : Risk Factors

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Risk Factors List

  • Autoimmune endocrine disease
  • Elderly
  • family history of pernicious anemia
  • Northern European Descent
  • SCANDINAVIAN

Specific Risk Factors Articles

Gastritis - chronic
Chronic gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach that occurs gradually and persists for a prolonged time.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 3, 2007
Gastrectomy
Gastrectomy is surgery to remove part or all of the stomach.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 16, 2006
Gastrectomy
Gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach. Purpose Gastrectomy is performed for several reasons, most commonly to remove a malignant tumor or to cure a perforated or bleeding stomach ulcer.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Gastrectomy
Gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach. Purpose Gastrectomy is performed most commonly to treat the following conditions: stomach cancer bleeding gastric ulcer perforation of the stomach wall noncancerous polyps Demographics Stomach cancer was the most common form of cancer worldwide in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the incidence rates have always shown substantial variation in different countries.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Vitamin E Deficiency
Vitamin E deficiency is a very rare problem that results in damage to nerves. When vitamin E deficiency does occur, it strikes people with diseases that prevent the absorption of dietary fats and fat-soluble nutrients.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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