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Prevalence of vitamin B deficiency among metformin-treated type 2 diabetic patients in a tertiary institution, South-South Nigeria

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Background: The risk of chronic metformin pharmacotherapy to cause vitamin B 12 deficiency and its associated medical complications has been of immense concern among diabetic patients.
Sampson Omagbemi Owhin, Tomisin Mathew Adaja, Olumuyiwa John Fasipe, Peter Ehizokhale Akhideno, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Michael Olufemi Kehinde   +5 more
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The Role of Vitamin B in the Management and Optimization of Treatment in Patients With Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy

Global Spine Journal, 2019
Study Design: Narrative review. Objectives: To discuss the relationship between degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) and vitamin B 12 deficiency. Specifically, it is the aim to outline the rational for future research into assessment and therapeutic ...
Aria Nouri MD, MSc, Kishan Patel BA, Julio Montejo BA, Rani Nasser MD, David A. Gimbel MD, Daniel M. Sciubba MD, Joseph S. Cheng MD, MS, FAANS, FACS   +6 more
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Cobalamin and folate deficiencies among children in the age group of 12-59 months in India

Biomedical Journal, 2015
Background: Anemia is a major public health problem among children under 5 years of age in India. Cobalamin and folate deficiencies play an important role in the etiology of anemia.
Umesh Kapil, GS Toteja, Ajeet Singh Bhadoria   +2 more
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Evaluation of tracer labelled methionine load test in vitamin B-12 deficient adolescent women. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Methionine loading test (MLT) has been used primarily to identify defects in transsulfuration of homocysteine in cystathionine beta synthase deficiency.
Dattatray S Bhat, Lourdes L Gruca, Carole D Bennett, Prachi Katre, Anura V Kurpad, Chittaranjan S Yajnik, Satish C Kalhan   +6 more
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Population prevalence, attributable risk, and attributable risk percentage for high methylmalonic acid concentrations in the post-folic acid fortification period in the US

Nutrition & Metabolism, 2012
Background Serum methylmalonic acid (MMA) is regarded as a sensitive marker of vitamin B-12 status. Elevated circulating MMA is linked to neurological abnormalities.
Ganji Vijay, Kafai Mohammad R
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Causes of Anemia in Polish Older Population—Results from the PolSenior Study

Cells, 2021
Vitamin B12, folate, iron deficiency (IDA), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and anemia of inflammation (AI) are among the main causes of anemia in the elderly. WHO criteria of nutritional deficiencies neglect aging-related changes in absorption, metabolism,
Arkadiusz Styszyński, Jerzy Chudek, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Krzysztof Lewandowski, Monika Puzianowska-Kuźnicka, Alicja Klich-Rączka, Andrzej Więcek, Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis   +7 more
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Laboratory Investigation of Vitamin B₁₂Deficiency [PDF]

Laboratory Medicine, 2006
Vitamin B 12 deficiency is not uncommon, particularly in certain patient populations such as elderly, neuropsychiatric, and psychiatric patients. Historically, presentation of vitamin B 12 deficiency was recognized as megaloblastic anemia, which is now rarely seen in Western society.
Majid Moridani, Shana Ben-Poorat
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Metformin and vitamin B12 deficiency: What is the evidence? [PDF]

Scripta Medica
The widespread adoption of metformin as a primary therapeutic agent for type 2 diabetes has prompted inquiries into its potential impact on vitamin B 12 (cobalamin) levels and subsequent deficiency. This study aimed to elucidate this complex relationship
Oliveira Peixoto Bruno Daniel, Abreu Gonçalves Mariana, Ramôa Gonçalves Teresa Filipa, Sá Martins Aníbal Alberto   +3 more
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Hampered Vitamin B12 Metabolism in Gaucher Disease?

Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening, 2017
Untreated vitamin B 12 deficiency manifests clinically with hematological abnormalities and combined degeneration of the spinal cord and polyneuropathy and biochemically with elevated homocysteine (Hcy) and methylmalonic acid (MMA).
Luciana Hannibal PhD, Marina Siebert PhD, Suélen Basgalupp MSc, Filippo Vario MD, PhD, Ute Spiekerkoetter MD, Henk J. Blom PhD   +5 more
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Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (selective vitamin B₁₂ malabsorption with proteinuria)

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2006
Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS) or selective vitamin B12 (cobalamin) malabsorption with proteinuria is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by vitamin B12 deficiency commonly resulting in megaloblastic anemia, which is responsive to ...
Gräsbeck Ralph
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