The significance of folate deficiency in alcoholic and nutritional neuropathies: Analysis of a case

Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 821-824

  Koike, Haruki ^a   Hama, Tetsuo ^a   Kawagashira, Yuichi ^a   Hashimoto, Rina ^a   Tomita, Minoru ^a   Iijima, Masahiro ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Chronic alcoholism; Ethanol; Folate deficiency; Folic acid; Megaloblastic anemia; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AXONAL NEUROPATHY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC NEUROPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862199385     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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