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Vitamin C and Infections [PDF]
, 2017 In the early literature, vitamin C deficiency was associated with pneumonia. After its identification, a number of studies investigated the effects of vitamin C on diverse infections.
Hemilä, Harri
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Geriatric Care, 2022 In glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency (favism), exposure to oxidant agents can trigger hemolytic crises. The intravenous administration of very high doses of vitamin C was proposed as a treatment for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 ...
Filippo Luca Fimognari +6 more
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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 +9 more
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Serum vitamin D decreases during chemotherapy: an Australian prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2018 Background and Objectives: Vitamin D plays an important role in bone and muscle function, and cell prolifera-tion. The impact of chemotherapy and associated behavioural changes such as fatigue and sun avoidance on vit-amin D (25(OH) D) is unknown.
Isenring, Elisabeth +9 more
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Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 2021 Background Hypovitaminosis C and vitamin C deficiency are common in critically ill patients and associated with organ dysfunction. Low vitamin C status often goes unnoticed because determination is challenging.
Sander Rozemeijer +5 more
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Vitamin C and D Deficiency in Urban America: A Case Report
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2023 Introduction: Scurvy is caused by vitamin C deficiency and manifests with a variety of symptoms including generalized fatigue, apathy, anemia, myalgias, easy bruising, and poor wound healing.
Alyssa A. Lombardi +2 more
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Quiet a Puzzle: A Case Report of 15 year Old Female with Severe Anemia Due To Scurvy [PDF]
, 2020 Scurvy is historically thought of a disease affecting sailors in the seventeenth century. Vitamin C deficiency is rare in the developed world. It is mainly found in patients with poor nutrition and specifically those with developmental delay.
Alqahtani, Shaikha, Zhihong, Wang
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Association Between Vitamin Deficiencies and Ophthalmological Conditions
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2023 Austin Pereira,1 R Damilola Adekunle,2,* Michele Zaman,3,* Michael J Wan1 1University of Toronto Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 2Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St.
Pereira A, Adekunle RD, Zaman M, Wan MJ
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Vitamin D deficiency and segregation status in prisoners [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate if any exposure to segregation minimal association in a single male prison population had any association with an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency.
Dearin, John, Doyle, Zelda, McGirr, Joe
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Association between MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism and vitamin B12 deficiency: A case-control study [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2018 Background: Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency is a prevalent worldwide health concern. Several factors are associated with vitamin B12 deficiency including lifestyle, genetic predisposition, and malfunctions in the absorption and transport of vitamin ...
Al-Batayneh Khalid M. +8 more
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