Prevalent Vitamin B-12 Deficiency in Twelve-Month-Old Guatemalan Infants Is Predicted by Maternal B-12 Deficiency and Infant Diet
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[Neurological manifestations in Vitamin B 12 deficiency].
Vitamin B-12 deficiency is a common problem encountered in developing countries of the world. In Europe and North America it is frequently encountered in the elderly and in people whose diets are compromised such as alcoholics. Recent data has shown that cobalamin deficiency may occur in 5% to 40% of the general population. The prevalence as stated earlier is higher in the elderly and in nursin...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.5.1307