Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and Parkinson’s disease
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Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Neurology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Movement Disorders Program, Butler Hospital, Department of Neurology, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA *Author for correspondence: [email protected] “Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency has long been associated with neurological impairments, particularly neuropathy, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord and mental complications...”
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