Assertion: pernicious anemia | /r/HasProperty | disease
Facets:
value: due to an inability
type: CAUSE
value: in the gastric mucosa
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Pernicious anemia is a disease where large, immature, nucleated cells (megaloblasts, which are forerunners of red blood cells) circulate in the blood, and do not function as blood cells; it is a disease caused by impaired uptake of vitamin B-12 due to the lack of intrinsic factor (IF) in the gastric mucosa.
text: Pernicious anemia is a disease where large, immature, nucleated cells (megaloblasts, which are forerunners of red blood cells) circulate in the blood, and do not function as blood cells; it is a disease caused by impaired uptake of vitamin B-12 due to the lack of intrinsic factor (IF) in the gastric mucosa.
text: Pernicious anemia is a disease in which the red blood cells are abnormally formed, due to an inability to absorb vitamin B 12 .
text: Pernicious anemia, disease in which the production of red blood cells (erythrocytes) is impaired as a result of the body’s inability to absorb vitamin B 12 , which is obtained in the diet and is necessary for red blood cells to mature properly in the bone marrow.