Question

The deficiency of Vitamin B₁₂ leads to 

(A) Pernicious anaemia 

(B) Megablastic anaemia 

(C) Both (A) and (B) 

(D) None of these

Answer 1

Correct option: (C) Both (A) and (B)

Explanation:

The liver can store up to six years worth of vitamin B₁₂, hence deficiencies in this vitamin are rare. Penicious anemia is a megaloblastic anemia resulting from vitamin B₁₂ deficiency that develops as a result a lack of intrinsic factor in the stomach leading to malabsorption of the vitamin.