Blood profile of atrophic glossitis patients with thyroglobulin antibody/thyroid microsomal antibody positivity but without gastric parietal cell antibody positivity

Abstract

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: AG patients. METHODS: AG patients and 476 GPCA-negative, TGA-negative, and TMA-negative AG patients (GPCA־TGA־TMA־AG patients) or 532 healthy control subjects. RESULTS: AG patients had a significantly greater frquency of serum vitamin B12 deficiency than 476 GPCA־TGA־TMA־AG patients. CONCLUSION: AG patients.