Biochemical lesions in vitamin B deficiency
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Relationship between biochemical and clinical indices of B-vitamin deficiency. A study in rural school boys.
1. A study amongst schoolboys in villages around Hyderabad, India, showed that almost all the boys had riboflavin deficiency, 61% had pyridoxine deficiency, and 9.4% had thiamin deficiency as judged by enzymic tests. 2. The prevalence of angular stomatitis was 41.3% and that of glossitis was 18.2%. Biochemical deficiency of riboflavin and pyridoxine was marginally higher in children with angula...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1931
ISSN: 0306-3283
DOI: 10.1042/bj0251397