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Low vitamin B12 levels among newly-arrived refugees from Bhutan, Iran and Afghanistan: a multicentre Australian study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is prevalent in many countries of origin of refugees. Using a threshold of 5% above which a prevalence of low Vitamin B12 is indicative of a population health problem, we hypothesised that Vitamin B12 deficiency exceeds
Jill Benson +6 more
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The status of vitamin B12 and folate among Chinese women: a population-based cross-sectional study in northwest China. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To assess the status of the vitamin B12 and folate of Chinese women living in northwest China. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 2008 among Chinese women aged 10-49 years living in Shaanxi province of northwest
Shaonong Dang +6 more
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2018 Objectives: To determine the frequency of vitamin B12 deficiency in patientswith hypothyroidism. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. Period: 12-05-2016to 11-11-2016. Setting: Liaquat University Hospital Jamshoro / Hyderabad. Patients andMethods: All the patients of known hypothyroid patients for ≥01month duration, 20-50 yearsof age, either
Daniel Bell, Rohit Sharma, Mohamed Saber
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 BackgroundSeveral studies documented that metformin use contributes to vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there has been a lack of data assessing this issue in Jordan.AimsAssess the vitamin B12 serum levels,
Thekraiat Al Quran +7 more
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Vitamin B12 concentrations and clinical spectrum of apparently healthy elderly population [PDF]
Perspectives In Medical Research, 2020 Introduction : Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency is believed to increase with aging. The wide and non-specific spectrum of clinical presentations in patients poses a tough challenge to physicians suspecting vitamin B12 deficiency.
Darshana Makwana 1 Deepak Kumar P2 , Pragathi Wadkar3
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The Many Faces of Cobalamin (Vitamin B12) Deficiency
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2019 Although cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency was described over a century ago, it is still difficult to establish the correct diagnosis and prescribe the right treatment.
Bruce H.R. Wolffenbuttel, MD, PhD +3 more
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Functional vitamin B12 deficiency
Practical Neurology, 2009 We describe a case of functional vitamin B12 deficiency where the repeated measurement of a serum B12 level within the normal range led to delay in the diagnosis of subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, and possibly permanent neurological damage as a result.
Turner, M, Talbot, K
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Involuntary movement in infants during vitamin B12 treatment
Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2011 Megaloblastic anemia is rare in infants and is generally due to vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in the mother. Neurologic symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency include irritability, failure to thrive, hypotonia, and developmental regression/delay. Herein
Ayşe Tosun +4 more
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Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in functional vitamin B12 deficiency states
Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 2021 Vitamin B12 is an essential enzymatic cofactor in multiple cellular metabolic pathways. Deficiency states can arise as a result of both depletion of absolute systemic levels and pathological processes that block its ability to act as an enzymatic ...
Christina Englezou, Di Liang
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Journal of Applied Hematology, 2018 Vitamin B12 is essential for DNA and RNA synthesis. Vitamin B12 deficiency usually occurs in infants who are exclusively breastfed born to Vitamin B12-deficient mothers.
K Jagadish Kumar +3 more
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