A female engineer works for 12-14 hours a day and reports consuming only fast food, with no vegetables or fruits in her diet. Her hemoglobin (Hb) count is $9 \mathrm{~g} / \mathrm{dL}$, and her mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is 120 fL . Peripheral smear (PS) shows the presence of macrocytes. What is the most likely diagnosis?
AFolic acid deficiency
BCombined Vitamin B12 and Folic acid deficiency
CIron deficiency anemia
DVitamin B12 deficiency
EAnemia of chronic disease
In celiac disease, all are true EXCEPT:
AGliadin is the cause
BIncreased brush border
CDecreased villi to crypt ratio
DAssociated with HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8
Gold standard method of diagnosing celiac disease is
ABlood picture
BSmall bowel biopsy
CAnti-endomysial antibodies
DBiochemical test
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