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.
Historically, pernicious anemia (PA) was detected only after it caused symptoms and the anemia was well established, i.e., liver stores of B 12 had been depleted. The pernicious aspect of the disease â prior to the discovery of treatment â was its fatal prognosis, similar to leukemia at that time.hile the term 'pernicious anemia' is sometimes also incorrectly used to indicate megaloblastic anemia due to any cause of B 12 deficiency, its proper usage refers to that caused by atrophic gastritis, parietal cell loss, and lack of intrinsic factor only.