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Vegan anaemia due to Vitamin B12 deficiency

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Vegan anaemia due to Vitamin B12 deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/654588844

Vegetarianism and poverty-imposed near-vegetarianism are the most common causes of nutritional vitamin B12 (cobalamin) insufficiency worldwide in all age groups. In such patient populations, low maternal cobalamin status is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes (preterm birth, intrauterine growth retardation and very early recurrent miscarriage), neural tube defects, reduced neurocognitive performance in children, accelerated bone turnover and low bone mineral density with fractures.