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Vitamin B12 deficiency misdiagnosed as TTP : What can we learn from it?

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The case report by Dwyre et al. shows that vitamin B12 deficiency may be misdiagnosed as acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Together with similar observations, this underlines that acquired vitamin B12 deficiency-besides the inherited disorder of intracellular cobalamin metabolism, cbl C disease-should be listed as a separate entity of the thrombotic microangiopathies. Commentary on: Dwyre et al. Microangiopathic thrombocytopenia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency responding to plasma exchange. Br J Haematol 2024; 205:1546-1550.

Source: British Journal of Haematology

DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19702

Authors: Bernhard Lämmle, Alexander Laemmle

Institutions: University of Bern, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University Hospital of Bern, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Complement system in diseases

Subfield: Immunology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4401490415

FWCI: 0.408

Cites: 10

Cited by: 3

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