Megaloblastic anemia is a blood condition that causes a person to have atypical red blood cells. The red blood cells become misshapen and unusually large (megaloblasts), and the bone marrow makes ...

THE daily dietary requirement for folic acid is unknown, as is the minimal dose of folic acid that will induce hematologic response in a patient with folic acid deficiency. However, it has recently ...

THE investigations of Castle and co-workers 1–6 over the past quarter century strongly support the thesis that pernicious anemia is the result of a gastric defect manifested by an inadequate ...

Macrocytic anemia happens when you have large red blood cells and not enough normal-sized red blood cells. It can result from a vitamin deficiency or an underlying condition like hypothyroidism.

Anemia is a blood disorder in which the number of red blood cells (RBCs) is lower than usual. Megaloblastic anemia is characterized by RBCs that are larger than typical. There also aren’t enough of ...