Alternative titles and symbols : Pernicious anemia, juvenile, due to selective intestinal malabsorption of vitamin
b12, with proteinuria; Enterocyte cobalamin malabsorption; Megaloblastic anemia, finnish type; MGA1; Megaloblastic anemia, 1; Enterocyte intrinsic factor receptor, defect of;
Description : Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome is a form of congenital megaloblastic anemia due to vitamin
B12 deficiency caused by a defect in the vitamin B12/intrinsic factor receptor. See
also congenital pernicious anemia due to a defect in intrinsic factor (261000). Adult
pernicious anemia (170900) is a distinct autoimmune disorder associated with plasma
autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells or gastric intrinsic factor. In these cases,
there is gastric atrophy and a relatively high frequency of associated thyroiditis
and myxedema.;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the cubilin (intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor) gene (CUBN,
602997.0001);