Cast and charactersEdit. Slave. Andy Whitfield as Spartacus â a Thracian warrior who is condemned to slavery as a gladiator. Manu Bennett as Crixus â a Gaul, he is Batiatus' top gladiator; prior to Spartacus.
Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the stomach. Pernicious anemia (PA) is an autoimmune condition of anemia caused by a deficiency of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 deficiency can have many causes including PA, malabsorption syndromes, and food cobalmin deficiency.ernicious anemia (PA) is an autoimmune condition of anemia caused by a deficiency of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 deficiency can have many causes including PA, malabsorption syndromes, and food cobalmin deficiency.
Pernicious anaemia is the most common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency in the UK, although accurate figures for how many people have the condition are hard to come by. Doctors do not know why some people produce the antibodies that destroy the stomach parietal cells.ernicious anaemia is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks stomach cells that produce a protein vital for the absorption of vitamin B12. Vitamin B12, which is found naturally in meat, fish and dairy products, is absorbed into the body through the stomach.