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Vitamin B-12 deficiency

BMJ, 2010
An 85 year old man had a preoperative assessment for a knee replacement. His full blood count was normal apart from haemoglobin 95 g/l and mean corpuscular volume 105 fl. He drank no alcohol. Further testing showed that his vitamin B-12 was low: 90 pmol/l (reference range 160-800 pmol/l).
A, Burkhart, P, Krayenbühl, P, Suter
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Vitamin B, 12 Deficiency in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1985
Vitamin B 12 deficiency is usually a disease of older persons, and much controversy has surrounded the significance of the deficiency of this vitamin in these patients. This article explores the mechanism of action of vitamin B 12, the clinical and laboratory features of vitamin B 12 deficiency, and a rational treatment plan.
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Coenzyme A Metabolism in Vitamin B-12—Deficient Rats

The Journal of Nutrition, 1990
Vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) deficiency results in decreased L-methylmalonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) mutase activity. The consequence of this defect on the cellular CoA pool was studied in rats with functional vitamin B-12 deficiency induced by administration of the cobalamin analogue hydroxy-cobalamin [c-lactam] or by dietary vitamin B-12 deficiency.
E P, Brass   +3 more
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[Vitamin B 12 deficiency in the aged].

Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 1999
A COMMON CONDITION: Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in the elderly. Search for deficiency should be undertaken whenever the clinical situation could lead to vitamin deficiency whether macrocytic anemia is present or not as its development may come late.
E, Pautas   +3 more
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[The diagnosis of vitamin B 12 deficiency].

Folia haematologica (Leipzig, Germany : 1928), 1977
In 5 normal persons, 1 patient with pernicious anemia, 5 patients with renal insufficiency in the state of compensation, and in one patient with chronic hemodialysis Schilling tests, activity of 57Co and vitamin B12 serum levels were measured. It was obvicous that activity of 57Co in serum 8 hours after oral application of 0.5 muCi 57Co-vitamin B12 ...
E, Heilmann, F, Poblotzki
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Functional Implications of Vitamin B 12 Deficiency

Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 2010
Vitamin B 12 deficiency is a common but underrecognized problem in older adults. Historically, B 12 deficiency was diagnosed once a severe pernicious anemia developed. Scientific developments have led to a new understanding of a broader spectrum of B 12
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Vitamin B12Deficiency and Psychiatric Illness

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1967
Many psychiatric symptoms have been described in pernicious anaemia, including depression, manic excitement, paranoid states, confusional episodes, and dementia. Although vitamin B12deficiency is known to produce neurological symptoms there is much less certainty about its role in producing mental symptoms.
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DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN B 12 IN PSYCHOSES

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1968
Odvar E. Skaug, Herlof Herlofsen
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