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If this woman has macrocytic anemia, an increased serum concentration of transferrin, and a normal serum concentra tion of vitamin B12, the most likely cause of her anemia is deficiency of which of the following?

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A 23-year-old pregnant woman is referred by her obstetrician for evaluation of anemia. She is in her fourth month of pregnancy and has no history of anemia; her grandfather had per nicious anemia. Her hemoglobin is 10 g/dL (normal, 12-16 g/dL).

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Q_1

Colabamin

Q_2

Erythropoietin

Q_3

Folic acid

Q_4

Intrinsic acid

Q_5

Iron

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Deficiencies of fulic acid or vitamin B12 are the most common causes of megaJoblastic anemia. If a patient with this type of ane mia has a normal serum vitamin B12 concentration, fulate defi ciency is the most likely cause of the anemia.

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