Vitamin B12 deficiency among patients with diabetes mellitus: Is routine screening and supplementation justified?

Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kibirige, Davis ^a   Mwebaze, Raymond ^a,b  

^a St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Screening; Supplementation; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65 ANTIBODY; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTRINSIC FACTOR; METFORMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NORTRIPTYLINE; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VITAMIN B GROUP;

CELIAC DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG COST; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

EID: 84882740163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22516581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-12-17     Document Type: Review

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