Vitamin B12 deficiency and bone health

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 963-964

  Clemens, Thomas L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INTRINSIC FACTOR; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; STAT5 PROTEIN; TAURINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; CELL ACTIVITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DISORDER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICE; PREGNANCY; TAURINE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84906994728     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr1407247     Document Type: Article

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