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Vitamin B12-deficiency concomitant with autoimmune diseases other than pernicius anaemia is often seen.

Neurological symptoms:

Numbness in hands and feet
Ataxia
Impaired reflexes
Gait disturbances
Impaired vibration perception
Positive Romberg´s test
Babinsky´s sign
Lhermitte´s sign
Optic atrophy
Psychiatric symptoms:

Concentration difficulties
Confusion
Irritation
Impaired memory
Dementia
Irritability
Depression
Personality changes
Psychosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia
Symptoms of anaemia:

Tiredness
Apathy
Effort dyspnoea
Other symptoms

Aversion to meat
Impotence
Faecal/urinary incontinence
Infertility
Patients complaining of:

Vertigo Asthenia
Loss of appetite
Loss of weight
Impaired memory
After resection of the stomach or ileum
Gastrointestinal disease:

Atrophy of the mucosa
Gluten-induced enteropathy
Crohn´s disease
Inadequate nutrition
Smoking
High alcohol consumption
Vegans/vegetarians
Autoimmune diseases:

Diabetes
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hypothyroidism
Previous pregnancy complications
Anaesthesia with nitrous oxide
Medication with drugs affecting B12
Vitiligo
Hair loss
Marfanoid appearance
Adverse reactions to anaesthesia / surgery

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