Serum Enzyme Tests for Megaloblastic Erythropoiesis in Anaemia in Pregnancy

Megaloblastic Anemia in Pregnancy

MegalobJastic Anemia in Pregnancy Megaloblastic Anemia is one of The Rather Common Diseases of Pregnant Women Caused by Folic acid Defi­ciency The Disease Might Be Hazardous To affected Mo­thers and also Could be Fatal for foetus too.  Megaloblastic Pregnant Women Will have Signs and Symptoms of This Disease mostly after 29th. Week of pregnancy.  Adequate amount of Folate Will prevent Compli...

Megaloblastic anaemia of pregnancy and the puerperium.

Pigmentation in megaloblastic anaemia associated with pregnancy and lactation.

Generalized skin pigmentation in five African women with megaloblastic anaemia in the postnatal period was associated with low serum folate levels, as distinct from vitamin B(12) deficiency. It is suggested that the occurrence of pigmentation in both folate and vitamin B(12) deficiency may reflect a common abnormality of metabolism.

Megaloblastic Anaemia in Haemochromatosis.

IN 1877 Muller described a marked bronzed discoloration of the skin in some patients considered to have pernicious anaemia. This observation, confirmed later by Immerman (1879) is likely to be the first record of an association between a macrocytic type of anemia and haemochromatosis. Since that time French (1909), Roth (1915), Bork (1928), Cain (1940), Hotz (1944) and Harvier and Mallarme (193...

Minimal criteria for the diagnosis of megaloblastic anaemia of pregnancy.

The routine examination of buffy coat films is a valuable diagnostic aid to screening large numbers of specimens of blood and is applicable to hospital and general practice, provided that a bottle of sequestrinated venous blood can be examined in the laboratory within 24 hours.The diagnosis of folic-acid deficiency anaemia of pregnancy can be made, in many cases, before the appearance of megalo...