Enhanced bone metabolism in vegetarians - the role of vitamin B12 deficiency

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1381-1387

  Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a   Obeid, Rima ^a   Schorr, Heike ^a   Hübner, Ulrich ^a   Geisel, Jürgen ^a   Sand Hill, Marga ^a   Ali, Nayyar ^b   Herrmann, Markus ^a,c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone; Homocysteine; Osteocalcin; Vegetarians; Vitamin B12; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BONE ISOENZYME; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OSTEOCALCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OMAN; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETARIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 73349096619     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.302     Document Type: Article

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