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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Pathology: loss of parietal cells, gastric atrophy | *Pathology: loss of parietal cells, gastric atrophy. | ||
*Lab: classically considered to have [[macrocytic anemia]]; however, normocytic and microcystic more common.<ref name=pmid16239424>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hershko | first1 = C. | last2 = Ronson | first2 = A. | last3 = Souroujon | first3 = M. | last4 = Maschler | first4 = I. | last5 = Heyd | first5 = J. | last6 = Patz | first6 = J. | title = Variable hematologic presentation of autoimmune gastritis: age-related progression from iron deficiency to cobalamin depletion. | journal = Blood | volume = 107 | issue = 4 | pages = 1673-9 | month = Feb | year = 2006 | doi = 10.1182/blood-2005-09-3534 | PMID = 16239424 }}</ref> | |||
*Etiology: autoimmune. | *Etiology: autoimmune. | ||
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