Functional cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency: Role of advanced age and disorders associated with increased oxidative stress

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 687-692

  Solomon, L R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; IRON OVERLOAD; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLITE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLISM; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONNECTICUT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84930474428     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.272     Document Type: Article

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