Relationship between vitamin B12 and sensory and motor peripheral nerve function in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1057-1063

  Leishear, Kira ^a   Boudreau, Robert M ^a   Studenski, Stephanie A ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^c   Rosano, Caterina ^a   De Rekeneire, Nathalie ^d   Houston, Denise K ^e   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^e   Schwartz, Ann V ^f   Vinik, Aaron I ^g   Hogervorst, Eva ^h   Yaffe, Kristine ⁱ   Harris, Tamara B ^j   Newman, Anne B ^a,b   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Demography and Biometry   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deficient B12; Low B12; Motor nerve conduction; Older adults; Sensory peripheral nerve function

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLCITRATE; CITRIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPTOM; VIBRATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862174548     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03998.x     Document Type: Article

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