Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND): Vitamin B-12 Review

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 148, Issue , 2018, Pages 1995S-2027S

  Allen, Lindsay H ^a   Miller, Joshua W ^b   De Groot, Lisette ^c   Rosenberg, Irwin H ^d   Smith, A David ^e   Refsum, Helga ^f   Raiten, Daniel J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

B 12 biomarkers; BOND; cobalamin; homocysteine; serum B 12; transcobalamin; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HAPTOCORRIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LACTATION; MALABSORPTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VEGETARIAN DIET; B12 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BIOMARKERS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 85044876120     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxy201     Document Type: Review

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