Vitamin B-12 treatment of asymptomatic, deficient, elderly Chileans improves conductivity in myelinated peripheral nerves, but high serum folate impairs Vitamin B-12 status response assessed by the combined indicator of Vitamin B-12 status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 250-257

  Brito, Alex ^a   Verdugo, Renato ^b   Hertrampf, Eva ^c   Miller, Joshua W ^d,e   Green, Ralph ^e   Fedosov, Sergey N ^f   Shahab Ferdows, Setareh ^a   Sanchez, Hugo ^c   Albala, Cecilia ^c   Castillo, Jose L ^b   Matamala, Jose M ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^c   Allen, Lindsay H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Dermatology Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chile; Elderly; Folate; Folic acid fortification; Holotranscobalamin; Methylmalonic acid; Nerve conductivity; Total homocysteine; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILEAN; COMMUNITY LIVING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION VELOCITY; SURAL NERVE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; CHILE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FORTIFIED FOOD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGED; CHILE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84953923813     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.116509     Document Type: Article

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