Symptoms of B12 deficiency can occur in women of child bearing age supplemented with folate

Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1572-1573

  Drazkowski, Joseph ^a   Sirven, Joseph ^a   Blum, David ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHILLING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037188310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.58.10.1572     Document Type: Article

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3. Reduced vitamin B12 binding by transcobalamin II increases the risk of neural tube defects
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6. Recommendations for the use of folic acid to reduce the number of cases of spinal bifida and other neural tube defects
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