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Regional, Socioeconomic, and Dietary Risk Factors for Vitamin B-12 Deficiency Differ from Those for Folate Deficiency in Cameroonian Women and Children.

Journal of NutriLife, 2015
BACKGROUND Representative data on folate and vitamin B-12 dietary intake and status in low-income countries are rare, despite the widespread adoption of folic acid fortification.
S. Shahab-Ferdows, R. Engle-Stone, Daniela Hampel, A. Ndjebayi, M. Nankap, K. Brown, L. Allen   +6 more
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Oral vitamin B₁₂versus intramuscular vitamin B₁₂for vitamin B₁₂deficiency [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
Vitamin B12 deficiency is common, and the incidence increases with age. Most people with vitamin B12 deficiency are treated in primary care with intramuscular (IM) vitamin B12. Doctors may not be prescribing oral vitamin B12 formulations because they may be unaware of this option or have concerns regarding its effectiveness.To assess the effects of ...
Ling Ling Qin, Linyi Li, Haiyan Wang, Yanan Song, Tong Hua Liu, Josep Vidal-Alaball   +5 more
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Effect of oral vitamin B-12 with or without folic acid on cognitive function in older people with mild vitamin B-12 deficiency: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006
BACKGROUND Vitamin B-12 deficiency is associated with cognitive impairment in older people. However, evidence from randomized trials of the effects of vitamin B-12 supplementation on cognitive function is limited and inconclusive.
S. Eussen, L. D. de Groot, L. Joosten, R. Bloo, R. Clarke, P. Ueland, J. Schneede, H. Blom, W. Hoefnagels, W. V. van Staveren   +9 more
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Toward eradication of B-vitamin deficiencies : considerations for crop biofortification [PDF]

, 2018
'Hidden hunger' involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause an alarming number of casualties, even in the developed world ...
Strobbe, Simon, Van Der Straeten, Dominique   +1 more
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Vitamin D and Disease Severity in Multiple Sclerosis-Baseline Data From the Randomized Controlled Trial (EVIDIMS) [PDF]

, 2020
Objective: To investigate the associations between hypovitaminosis D and disease activity in a cohort of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients.
Bellmann-Strobl, Judith, Brandt, Alexander Ulrich, Bäcker-Koduah, Priscilla, Dörr, Jan, Paul, Friedemann, Scheel, Michael, Wernecke, Klaus-Dieter, Wuerfel, Jens   +7 more
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A Case Report of Nitrous Oxide-induced Myelopathy: An Unusual Cause of Weakness in an Emergency Department

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2023
Introduction: Weakness is a common symptom that within itself does not indicate a specific diagnosis. Recreational inhalant use such as nitrous oxide (NO) may not often be disclosed.
Madeleine S. Birch, Emmelyn J. Samones, Tammy Phan, Mindi Guptill   +3 more
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Vitamin B-12 deficiency is very prevalent in lactating Guatemalan women and their infants at three months postpartum.

Journal of NutriLife, 1997
Vitamin B-12 status was evaluated in 113 Guatemalan women and their infants at 3 mo of lactation. Plasma vitamin B-12 was deficient or low in 46.7% of the mothers, and holotranscobalamin II (holo TC II) concentrations were low in 32.3%, which may ...
J. Casterline, Lindsay H. Allen, Marie T. Ruel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of oral versus intravenous mixed-micellar phylloquinone (vitamin K-1) in severe acute liver disease [PDF]

, 2005
Background/Aims: In patients with severe acute liver dysfunction, i.v. phylloquinone (vitamin K-1) may be given to exclude vitamin K deficiency, rather than impaired hepatic synthesis of coagulation factors alone, as the cause of the coagulopathy ...
Fitt, S, Pereira, SP, Rowbotham, D, Shearer, MJ, Wendon, J, Williams, R   +5 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.
Shana Ben-Poorat, Majid Y. Moridani
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Vitamin B-12 deficiency and malabsorption are highly prevalent in rural Mexican communities.

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1995
Vitamin B-12 status of rural Mexicans was evaluated in two studies, 6 y apart. In the first, a single blood sample was collected from children and adults, including pregnant and lactating women.
L H Allen, J L Rosado, J. Casterline, H. Martínez, P. López, E. Muñoz, A. Black   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source