Cobalamin (vitamin B12) in subacute combined degeneration and beyond: Traditional interpretations and novel theories

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 463-479

  Scalabrino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cbl deficiency; Cobalamin; Subacute combined degeneration

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; COBALAMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; LOFEPRAMINE; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PHENYLALANINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ABSORPTION; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTOSIS; CELL METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GASTRECTOMY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INHERITED INTRINSIC FACTOR DEFICIENCY; INTERSTITIUM; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALABSORPTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 14844289612     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.12.020     Document Type: Review

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