Dietary Sources of Vitamin B-12 and Their Association with Vitamin B-12 Status Markers in Healthy Older Adults in the B-PROOF Study. [PDF]
Low vitamin B-12 concentrations are frequently observed among older adults. Malabsorption is hypothesized to be an important cause of vitamin B-12 inadequacy, but serum vitamin B-12 may also be differently affected by vitamin B-12 intake depending on ...
Brouwer-Brolsma EM+5 more
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Women in resource-poor settings are at risk of inadequate intakes of multiple micronutrients.
A systematic review was conducted to identify all studies that were published between 1988 and 2008 reporting micronutrient intakes of women in resource-poor settings.
Arimond, Mary+3 more
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Modeling a methylmalonic acid–derived change point for serum vitamin B-12 for adults in NHANES [PDF]
Background: No consensus exists about which cutoff point should be applied for serum vitamin B-12 (SB-12) concentrations to define vitamin B-12 status in population-based research.
Alicia Carriquiry+30 more
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Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B12 and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background The effect of multiple micronutrient supplementation on vitamin B12 and folate has hither to not been reported in African HIV infected children. This paper describes vitamin B12 and folate status of Ugandan HIV infected children aged 1-5 years
A Baylin+33 more
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Long term treatment with metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency: randomised placebo controlled trial [PDF]
Objectives To study the effects of metformin on the incidence of vitamin B-12 deficiency (
Bets, Daniël+8 more
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Nutritional Status of Vitamin D and the Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation in Korean Breast-fed Infants [PDF]
We investigated the vitamin D status and the effect of vitamin D supplementation in Korean breast-fed infants. The healthy term newborns were divided into 3 groups; A, formula-fed; B, breast-fed only; S, breast-fed with vitamin D supplementation.
Belachew+36 more
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Distribution of vitamin B-12 in some fishes and marine invertebrates [PDF]
Distribution of vitamin B-12 in the skeletal muscle of several marine and fresh water fish and marine invertebrates are reported. The vitamin B-12 content of white muscle of various fish ranges between 0.05 and 1.5 micrograms. The elasmobranch fish, such
Chhatbar, S.K., Velankar, N.K.
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Multiple sclerosis-like neurological manifestations in a coeliac patient: nothing is as it seems [PDF]
Cobalamin (vitamin B(12)) deficiency occurs with several disorders, involving different organs and systems, including blood, bowel, nervous system and eyes.
CARROCCIO, Antonio+3 more
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Holotranscobalamin, a marker of vitamin B-12 status: analytical aspects and clinical utility12345 [PDF]
Approximately one-quarter of circulating cobalamin (vitamin B-12) binds to transcobalamin (holoTC) and is thereby available for the cells of the body. For this reason, holoTC is also referred to as active vitamin B-12.
Aarsetøy+62 more
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and transcobalamin genetic polymorphisms in human spontaneous abortion: biological and clinical implications [PDF]
The pathogenesis of human spontaneous abortion involves a complex interaction of several genetic and environmental factors. The firm association between increased homocysteine concentration and neural tube defects (NTD) has led to the hypothesis that ...
Zetterberg, Henrik
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