Clinical Analysis of 100 Cases of Severe Megaloblastic Anaemia of Pregnancy
BMJPublished 15 October 1960Open access
P. B. B. Gatenby, Erin Lillie
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The argument in favor of routine antenatal administration of folic acid is very strong and the distinction of the anemia from toxemia of pregnancy is created.
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The LancetFOLIC-ACID DEFICIENCY IN PREGNANCY THE PATHOGENESIS OF MEGALOBLASTIC ANqMIA OF PREGNANCY
206 Citations1959I. Chanarin
It is likely that the same factors involved in folic acid deficiency during normal pregnancy are also responsible for the more severe condition in patients with megaloblastic anemia.
QJMMACROCYTOSIS AND MACROCYTIC ANAEMIA CAUSED BY ANTICONVULSANT DRUGS
116 Citations1958C.F. Hawkins, M. J. Meynell
BMJMegaloblastic Anaemia Following Anticonvulsants
33 Citations1955N. Berlyne, Michelle Levene +1 more
The expenses of this investigation were in part borne with a grant from the Medical Research Council.
BMJPernicious Anaemia of Pregnancy and Puerperium
23 Citations1948L. S. P. Davidson, R. H. Girdwood +1 more
Records are submitted of three cases of pernicious anaemia of pregnancy and one case of Addisonian pernitic anaemia that relapsed as a result of pregnancy, all of which responded to folic acid.