Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with pulmonary embolism: An unusual presentation

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Published: 2023-09-19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2023.v29i3.285

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L W Ndaba
Registrar, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
S A van Blydenstein
Department of Internal Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
K E Hodkinson
Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Ndaba LW, van Blydenstein SA, Hodkinson KE. Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting with pulmonary embolism: An unusual presentation. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 19 [cited 2025 Nov. 12];29(3):139-40. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/1544

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LWNdaba,MBChB,FCP(SA),DipIntMed(SA),DipHIV(SA),PGDipRenalMed (UK) ORCID for author Ndaba: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-8134

Registrar, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa ndabalw@gmail.com

S A van Blydenstein, MB BCh, DCH, MMed (Int Med), FCP (SA), Cert Pulm (SA) Department of Internal Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

K E Hodkinson, MB BCh, MMed (Haem), FCPath (Haem) Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

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