Vitamin B12 supplementation during pregnancy and postpartum improves B12 status of both mothers and infants but vaccine response in mothers only: a randomized clinical trial in Bangladesh

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 281-293

  Siddiqua, Towfida J ^a,c   Ahmad, Shaikh M ^a   Ahsan, Khalid B ^a   Rashid, Mamunur ^a   Roy, Anjan ^a   Rahman, Syed M ^a   Shahab Ferdows, Setareh ^b   Hampel, Daniela ^b,c   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^b,c   Raqib, Rubhana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk B12; Methylmalonic acid; Vaccine response; Vitamin B12 supplementation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OROSOMUCOID; PLACEBO; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); LACTATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MILK, HUMAN; OROSOMUCOID; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957535848     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-0845-x     Document Type: Article

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