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SUBMITTER: Grandone E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6716909 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grandone Elvira E Martinelli Pasquale P Villani Michela M Vecchione Gennaro G Fischetti Lucia L Leccese Angelica A Santacroce Rosa R Corso Gaetano G Margaglione Maurizio M
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20190830 1
<h4>Background</h4>Cobalamin metabolism disorders are rare, inherited diseases which cause megaloblastic anaemia and other clinical manifestations. Early diagnosis of these conditions is essential, in order to allow appropriate treatment as early as possible.<h4>Case presentation</h4>Here we report the case of a patient who was apparently healthy until the age of 20, when she presented with impaired renal function and normocytic anaemia. At the age of 34, when her first pregnancy resulted in an ...[more]