Vitamin B12 deficiency & levels of metabolites in an apparently normal urban south Indian elderly population

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 432-439

  Shobha, Vineeta ^a   Tarey, Subhash D ^a   Singh, Ramya G ^a   Shetty, Priya ^a   Unni, Uma S ^a   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^a   Kurpad, Anura V ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

cognitive assessment; Geriatric; Methylmalonic acid; Nutrition; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AGED; DIET, VEGETARIAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80455132504     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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