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Vitamin B12 deficiency results in severe oxidative stress, leading to memory retention impairment in Caenorhabditis elegans

Redox Biology, 2017
Oxidative stress is implicated in various human diseases and conditions, such as a neurodegeneration, which is the major symptom of vitamin B12 deficiency, although the underlying disease mechanisms associated with vitamin B12 deficiency are poorly ...
Tomohiro Bito, Taihei Misaki, Yukinori Yabuta, Takahiro Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Kawano, Fumio Watanabe   +5 more
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A genetic perspective of Metformin induced Vitamin B12 deficiency in Type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Metformin, a commonly prescribed hypoglycemic agent is a first line medication for the management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Numerous studies have depicted that metformin therapy has been associated with vitamin B12 and folate deficiency.
Ananda Vayaravel Cassinadane
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Association of Vitamin B12 Deficiency and Use of Reverse Osmosis Processed Water for Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study from Western India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Prevalence of Vitamin B12 deficiency has increased in community in recent time. Possibility is raised for new and yet unidentified factors being associated with this increased prevalence.
Ekant Surendra Gupta, Sanket Pranjivan Sheth, Jaishree Deepak Ganjiwale   +2 more
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The association of metformin use with vitamin B12 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy in Saudi individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
AIMS:To compare the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency and peripheral neuropathy between two groups of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients treated with or without metformin, and to determine factors associated with vitamin B12 deficiency therapy ...
Turki J Alharbi, Ayla M Tourkmani, Osama Abdelhay, Hesham I Alkhashan, Abdulrahman K Al-Asmari, Abdulaziz M Bin Rsheed, Sarah N Abuhaimed, Najeebuddin Mohammed, Abdulrhman N AlRasheed, Nouf G AlHarbi   +9 more
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Assessment of vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels in pregnant women admitted for delivery and cord blood samples of their newborn babies: a multicenter study

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Background. Vitamin B12, an indispensable micronutrient, is pivotal in numerous physiological processes, with particular significance during pregnancy and fetal development.
Zeynep Yıldız Yıldırmak, Dildar Bahar Genç, Alev Kural, Veli Mıhmanlı, Süleyman Salman, Keziban Doğan, Mehmet Ali Çiftçi, Nazlı Döktür Efeoğlu, Aliye Erdoğan, Neçirvan Çağdaş Çaltek, Emre Özgen, Ebru Kale   +11 more
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Metformin-related vitamin B12 deficiency [PDF]

Age and Ageing, 2006
Metformin is an invaluable hypoglycaemic agent. We report two cases who had symptomatic vitamin B12 deficiency related to metformin use; the mechanisms are discussed. The clinician must be aware of the possibility of metformin-associated B12 deficiency in users who suffer cognitive impairment, peripheral neuropathy, subacute combined degeneration of ...
Kin Wah, Liu, Lok Kwan, Dai, Woo, Jean
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Factors associated with vitamin B12 deficiency in adults attending tertiary care Hospital in Vadodara: a case control study

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
Background In India, approximately 75% of population that is over 650 million people have B12 deficiency majority of which is caused by variation in demography, diet, and religion.
Sangita V. Patel, Alpesh B. Makwana, Archana U. Gandhi, Greenam Tarani, Jesal Patel, Vipul Bhavsar   +5 more
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Vitamin B12 deficiency: case report and review of literature

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2021
Vitamin B12 deficiency in early childhood is an important cause of neurodevelopmental delay and regression. Most of these cases occur in exclusively breast-fed infants of deficient mothers.
Brahim El Hasbaoui, Nadia Mebrouk, Salahiddine Saghir, Abdelhkim El Yajouri, Rachid Abilkassem, Aomar Agadr   +5 more
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Psychomotor regression due to vitamin B12 deficiency

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
A vitamin B12 deficiency in infants is rare, but may sometimes be seen in breastfed babies of strict vegetarian mothers. Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is only found in meat and other animal products.
Amal Bousselamti, Brahim El Hasbaoui, Hanae Echahdi, Yamna Krouile   +3 more
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High-folate-low-vitamin B12 interaction syndrome

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Vitamin B12 deficiency is characterised by haematological and neurological complications, from mild symptoms (e.g. fatigue and paraesthesia), to severe symptoms (e.g. pancytopenia and combined degeneration of the spinal cord).
Claudia Cicchini, Antonio De Magistris, Alberto Del Sasso, Donatella Livoli, Francesco Rocco Pugliese   +4 more
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