Prevalence and risk factors for vitamin C deficiency in North and South India: A two centre population based study in people aged 60 years and over [PDF]
BackgroundStudies from the UK and North America have reported vitamin C deficiency in around 1 in 5 men and 1 in 9 women in low income groups. There are few data on vitamin C deficiency in resource poor countries.ObjectivesTo investigate the prevalence ...
K. Gupta Sanjeev +53 more
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EDITOR,—Minerva suggests that vitamin E is a vitamin without a deficiency disease.1 This is incorrect. …
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"Test me and treat me" - attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study [PDF]
© 2015 BMJ Open, "Test me and treat me"-attitudes to vitamin D deficiency and supplementation: a qualitative study.
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The effect of vitamin E deficiency on some platelet membrane properties.
The effects of alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) deficiency on membrane properties of platelets were studied to determine if vitamin E has a measureable stabilizing role in biological membranes.
J C Whitin +3 more
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Vitamin E Deficiency in the Monkey [PDF]
Eight young rhesus monkeys were fed a purified diet devoid of vitamin E. After from 6 to 13 months of feeding, all the animals developed signs of vitamin E deficiency. The signs of vitamin E deficiency in the monkey include muscular dystrophy, elevated excretion of creatine, allantoin, and free amino acids and decreased excretion of creatinine.
James S. Dinning, Paul L. Day
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A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological function in healthy older people: the Older People and Enhanced Neurological function (OPEN) study protocol [ISRCTN54195799]. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Vitamin B12 deficiency is common in older people and the prevalence increases with age. Vitamin B12 deficiency may present as macrocytic anaemia, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, or as neuropathy, but is often asymptomatic ...
Allen, Elizabeth +32 more
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Vitamin-responsive movement disorders in children
Movement disorders in childhood comprise a heterogeneous group of conditions that lead to impairment of voluntary movement, abnormal postures, or inserted involuntary movements. Movement disorders in children are frequently caused by metabolic disorders,
Vishal Sondhi, Suvasini Sharma
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Association Between Vitamin Deficiencies and Ophthalmological Conditions
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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Given the capacity of ruminants to modify diet selection based on metabolic needs, we hypothesised that, when given a choice, lambs experiencing a vitamin E deficiency would consume more of a vitamin E-enriched feed than lambs not deficient in vitamin E.
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Micronutrient malnutrition and wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis with and without HIV co-infection in Malawi. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Wasting and micronutrient malnutrition have not been well characterized in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. We hypothesized that micronutrient malnutrition is associated with wasting and higher plasma human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
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