Component
Megaloblastic anemia
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2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Two infant siblings with demonstrated transcobalamin II deficiency developed megaloblastic anemia and systemic B12-deficiency manifestations at three and five weeks despite normal total serum B12.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- cross_nutrient
- false
- experimental_model
- Two infant siblings; chromatography/electrophoresis and family binding-capacity studies
- exposure
- Inherited TCII deficiency; carrier pattern supported recessive inheritance
- limitations
- Two-case family report; DNA variants were not identified and total serum B12 did not measure intracellular delivery.
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin B12 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin B12 (cobalamins)
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- Normal total B12 did not exclude a serious carrier deficiency.
- primary_references
- [hakami-1971-tcn2] Neonatal megaloblastic anemia due to inherited transcobalamin II deficiency in two siblings. (1971). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5096637/ DOI: 10.1056/nejm197111182852103
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Systemic B12 delivery/hematopoiesis
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Vitamin B12: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 530–541
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Two infant siblings; chromatography/electrophoresis and family binding-capacity studies · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### b12-abs-tcn2-inherited-functional-deficiency Two infant siblings with demonstrated transcobalamin II deficiency developed megaloblastic anemia and systemic B12-deficiency manifestations at three and five weeks despite normal total serum B12. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Vitamin B12 research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Normal total B12 did not exclude a serious carrier deficiency. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Systemic B12 delivery/hematopoiesis experimental_model: Two infant siblings; chromatography/electrophoresis and family binding-capacity studies limitations: Two-case family report; DNA variants were not identified and total serum B12 did not measure intracellular delivery. exposure: Inherited TCII deficiency; carrier pattern supported recessive inheritance cross_nutrient: false [hakami-1971-tcn2] Neonatal megaloblastic anemia due to inherited transcobalamin II deficiency in two siblings. (1971). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5096637/ DOI: 10.1056/nejm197111182852103
Complete structured claim and evidenceMarrow examination at day 575 confirmed megaloblastic anemia; blood counts recovered during the subsequent replete-diet/supplement phase.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- experimental_model
- Single initially folate-replete 58-year-old male self-experiment with serial blood assays and marrow examinations.
- exposure
- Prolonged severe folate restriction, major energy restriction/weight loss, and multiple other nutrient supplements; replete diet plus folic acid during recovery.
- limitations
- Major energy restriction and weight loss confound isolated nutrient attribution. Other nutrients were supplemented; neither liver folate content nor a unique recovery dose was directly established.
- nutrient_topic
- Folate and folic acid research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Folate (vitamin B9)
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- The shortage eventually coincided with abnormal marrow-cell maturation and reversible blood-count changes.
- primary_references
- [fol-golding2014] Severe experimental folate deficiency in a human subject - a longitudinal study of biochemical and haematological responses as megaloblastic anaemia develops (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25332850/ DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-442
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Human bone marrow and peripheral blood
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
Folate and folic acid: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1529–1539
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Single initially folate-replete 58-year-old male self-experiment with serial blood assays and marrow examinations. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### fol-severe-marrow-megaloblastosis Marrow examination at day 575 confirmed megaloblastic anemia; blood counts recovered during the subsequent replete-diet/supplement phase. Condition category: nutrient_deficiency nutrient_topic: Folate and folic acid research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The shortage eventually coincided with abnormal marrow-cell maturation and reversible blood-count changes. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Human bone marrow and peripheral blood experimental_model: Single initially folate-replete 58-year-old male self-experiment with serial blood assays and marrow examinations. limitations: Major energy restriction and weight loss confound isolated nutrient attribution. Other nutrients were supplemented; neither liver folate content nor a unique recovery dose was directly established. exposure: Prolonged severe folate restriction, major energy restriction/weight loss, and multiple other nutrient supplements; replete diet plus folic acid during recovery. [fol-golding2014] Severe experimental folate deficiency in a human subject - a longitudinal study of biochemical and haematological responses as megaloblastic anaemia develops (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25332850/ DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-442
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Situations it appears in
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