Vitamin B12 deficiency: A clinical and electrophysiological profile

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 273-284

  Puri, Vinod ^a,c   Chaudhry, N ^a   Goel, S ^a   Gulati, P ^b   Nehru, R ^a   Chowdhury, D ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Organ Imaging Research Centre   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Central vs. peripheral involvement; Clinical profile; Electrophysiological profile; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve conduction studies; Neurological syndromes; Somatosensory evoked responses; Visual evoked responses; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PSYCHOPATHY; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURAL NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIAL NERVE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERONEAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 25444458590     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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