Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in vegetarians: Vegetarian's myelopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 705-706

  Takahashi, Hirokatsu ^a   Ito, Shoichi ^a   Hirano, Shigeki ^a   Mori, Masahiro ^a   Suganuma, Yasuo ^b   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tateyama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRI; Subacute combined degeneration; Vegetarian; Vitamin B 12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33745182878     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1731     Document Type: Article

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