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Which vitamin deficiency causes the disease, Pernicious anaemia? |
A. | Vitamin B5 |
B. | Vitamin B12 |
C. | Vitamin B6 |
D. | Vitamin C |
Answer» B. Vitamin B12 | |
Explanation: Pernicious anemia is one of many types of the larger family of megaloblasticanemias. It is caused by loss of gastric parietal cells which are responsible, in part, for the secretion of intrinsic factor, a protein essential for subsequent absorption of vitamin B12 in the ileum. |
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