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- Title:
- Blood, Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Description:
- Organ: Blood
Diagnosis: Vitamin B12 deficiency
Stain: Wright
Pathologic findings: Macrocytic anemia, hypersegmented neutrophils
Magnification: 100x
- Keyword:
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Avitaminosis, Vitamin B Deficiency, Blood, cytopathology, histopathology, pathology, Vitamin Deficiencies, biopsy
- Subject:
- Nutrition Disorders, Histocytological Preparation Techniques, Histological Techniques, Malnutrition, Avitaminosis, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Vitamin B Deficiency, Staining and Labeling, Deficiency Diseases
- Creator:
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Language:
- English
- Copyright Holder:
- University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
- Rights:
- All rights reserved
- Resource Type:
- Slide
- Identifier:
- 631
- Title:
- Kwashiorkor (Kenya)
- Description:
- A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, necrosis, and fibrosis. The word is a local name in Gold Coast, Africa, meaning "displaced child". Although first reported from Africa, kwashiorkor is now known throughout the world, but mainly in the tropics and subtropics. It is considered to be related to marasmus.
- Keyword:
- Nutritional deficiency, protein deficiency
- Subject:
- Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Kwashiorkor, Deficiency Diseases, Protein Deficiency, Malnutrition, Nutrition Disorders
- Creator:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center, Kathryn Russel, MD
- Publisher:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center
- Language:
- English
- Copyright Holder:
- Metropolitan Hospital Center
- Rights:
- http://www.i-human.com/service-agreement-print
- Resource Type:
- Photo