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=Specific types of anemia=
=Specific types of anemia=
==Pernicious anemia==
==Pernicious anemia==
===General===
{{Main|Pernicious anemia}}
*Macrocytic anemia.


Etiology:
==Sickle cell anemia==
*Autoimmune - leads to loss of parietal cells.
{{Main|Sickle cell anemia}}
**Parietal cells produce ''intrinsic factor'' (important for vitamin B12 absorption) and ''hydrogen chloride''.
 
Diagnosis - serology for antibodies to:<ref name=pmid12643357>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Oh | first1 = R. | last2 = Brown | first2 = DL. | title = Vitamin B12 deficiency. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 67 | issue = 5 | pages = 979-86 | month = Mar | year = 2003 | doi =  | PMID = 12643357 }}</ref>
*Parietal cells.
*Iintrinsic factor.
 
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Loss of parietal cells.
 
=See also=
*[[Sickle cell anemia]].


=References=
=References=
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