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A 16-year-old adolescent informs her nurse that she became a vegetarian 1 year ago. lately she is reporting fatigue and has trouble concentrating. a quick blood test ordered by her licensed provider informs the nurse that she has pernicious anemia. this is a deficiency of what vitamin?

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Base on the given symptom and observance from the sixteen year old, she has a deficiency of the vitamin b12 in which she could acquire from meat products. She has a deficiency of this vitamin because she has not been taking up meat products as she became a vegetarian.

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