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Infant Serum and Maternal Milk Vitamin B-12 Are Positively Correlated in Kenyan Infant-Mother Dyads at 1-6 Months Postpartum, Irrespective of Infant Feeding Practice. [PDF]

, 2018
BackgroundVitamin B-12 is an essential nutrient required for many functions including DNA synthesis, erythropoiesis, and brain development. If maternal milk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low, infants may face elevated risks of deficiency when ...
Achando, Beryl, Allen, Lindsay H, Chantry, Caroline J, Hampel, Daniela, Kiprotich, Marion, Lin, Audrie, Null, Clair A, Shahab-Ferdows, Setareh, Stewart, Christine P, Williams, Anne M   +9 more
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Plasma homocysteine, folate and vitamin B(12) compared between rural Gambian and UK adults. [PDF]

, 2006
The disease risk indicator plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) is influenced by genetic and environmental factors, including folate and vitamin B(12) status. Little is known about the determinants of tHcy in rural West Africa.
Bates, Christopher J, Mansoor, M Azam, Moore, Sophie E, Prentice, Andrew M   +3 more
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A double-blind, randomized, comparative study of the use of a combination of uridine triphosphate trisodium, cytidine monophosphate disodium, and hydroxocobalamin, versus isolated treatment with hydroxocobalamin, in patients presenting with compressive neuralgias [PDF]

, 2017
CONTEXT: This paper reports on the results of treatment of compressive neuralgia using a combination of nucleotides (uridine triphosphate trisodium [UTP] and cytidine monophosphate disodium [CMP]) and vitamin B(12).
Buchman, Luiz, Geller, Mauro, Goldberg, Henrique, Goldberg, Stephanie Wrobel, Mezitis, Spyros GE, Mibielli, Marco Antonio, Nunes, Carlos Pereira, Oliveria, Lisa, Rzetelna, Helio, Wajnsztajn, Fernanda   +9 more
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Effects of vitamin B-12 supplementation on neurologic and cognitive function in older people: a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Moderate vitamin B-12 deficiency is relatively common in older people. However, there is little robust evidence on the effect of vitamin B-12 supplementation on neurologic and cognitive outcomes in later life.
Alan D Dangour, Astrid E Fletcher, Balk, Carmel, Chou, Clarke, Cox, Dangour, de Jager, Delis, Diana Elbourne, Elizabeth Allen, Eussen, Fine, Fine, Folstein, Ford, Goldberg, Goodglass, Hin, Hunt, Institute of Medicine, Jernerén, Ken Whyte, Kerry Mills, Kimura, Leishear, Leishear, Lindenbaum, Louise Letley, Mann, Marcus Richards, Mills, Mills, O'Leary, Podsiadlo, Ricardo Uauy, Robert Clarke, Smith, Stabler, Sucharita, Sucharita, Tombaugh, Tombaugh, Turgut, Vellas, Watanabe, Yetley   +47 more
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Sub-Optimal Vitamin B-12 Levels among ART-Naïve HIV-Positive Individuals in an Urban Cohort in Uganda [PDF]

, 2012
Malnutrition is common among HIV-infected individuals and is often accompanied by low serum levels of micronutrients. Vitamin B-12 deficiency has been associated with various factors including faster HIV disease progression and CD4 depletion in resource ...
AF Remacha, AF Remacha, Aggrey S. Semeere, AM Tang, AM Tang, Andrew Kambugu, CA Balt, Damalie Nakanjako, E Nakimuli-Mpungu, E Nakimuli-Mpungu, ED McLean, GO Coodley, H Friis, Henry Ddungu, J Lindenbaum, JS James, KD Kieburtz, KR Robertson, LH Allen, M Galukande, MA Erkurt, MC Smith Fawzi, MJ Hepburn, MK Baum, O Paltiel, Robert Colebunders, RS Beach, RS Gibson, Sten H. Vermund, WW Fawzi, Yukari C. Manabe   +30 more
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BluB/CobT2 fusion enzyme activity reveals mechanisms responsible for production of active form of vitamin B 12 by Propionibacterium freudenreichii [PDF]

, 2015
Background Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a food grade bacterium that has gained attention as a producer of appreciable amounts of cobalamin, a cobamide with activity of vitamin B 12 .
Chamlagain, Bhawani Shankar, Deptula, Paulina, Holm, Liisa Ulrika Teodora, Kostiainen, Risto Kalervo, Kylli, Petri Tapio, Piironen, Vieno Irene, Savijoki, Kirsi Kristiina, Varmanen, Pekka Kristian   +7 more
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Prevalence of vitamin B-12 insufficiency during pregnancy and its effect on offspring birth weight:a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Vitamin B-12 and folate are micronutrients essential for normal embryogenesis. Vitamin B-12 insufficiency in pregnancy is high in certain parts of the world, such as India, and although this has been linked to low birth weight (LBW) in these ...
Bhopal, Raj, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Rafnsson, Snorri B, Saravanan, Ponnusamy, Sukumar, Nithya, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S   +5 more
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Association between dietary folate intake and blood status of folate and homocysteine in Malaysian adults. [PDF]

, 2011
Folate is of prime interest among investigators in nutrition due to its multiple roles in maintaining health, especially in preventing neural tube defects and reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases.
Chew, Siew Choo, Khor, Geok Lin, Loh, Su Peng   +2 more
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Validity and reproducibility of folate and vitamin B12 intakes estimated from a self-administered diet history questionnaire in Japanese pregnant women [PDF]

, 2012
Background No validated dietary questionnaire for assessing folate and vitamin B12 intakes during pregnancy is available in Japan. We evaluated the validity and reproducibility of intakes of folate and vitamin B12 estimated from a self-administered diet ...
Haruna, Megumi, Matsuzaki, Masayo, Murashima, Sachiyo, Murayama, Ryoko, Sasaki, Satoshi, Shiraishi, Mie   +5 more
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Homocysteine in cerebrovascular disease: An independent risk factor for subcortical vascular encephalopathy [PDF]

, 2001
Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for obstructive large-vessel disease. Here, we studied plasma concentrations of homocysteine and vitamins in patients suffering from subcortical vascular encephalopathy (SVE), a cerebral small-vessel disease leading ...
Aufenanger, Johannes, Bertsch, Thomas, Casarin, Wendy, Fassbender, Klaus, Höly, Sabine, Kuehl, Sandra, Mielke, Orell, Muehlhauser, Frank, Ragoschke, Andreas, Walter, Silke, Zimmer, Wilma   +10 more
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