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Practice | Five things to know about ... - Vitamin B deficiency

9 Jun 2022

Effects of vitamin B12 sup include cognitive deficits, subacute combined degeneration of the plementation on cognitive function, depressive symptoms, and dorsal and lateral columns of the spinal cord and peripheral neurop fatigue: a systematic review, meta analysis, and meta regression. [...] Prevalence of inappropriate mented neutrophils on blood film and pancytopenia.2 Plasma concen ness of parenteral vitamin B12 administration in Ontario, Canada. [...] 3 Diagnosis requires a B12 plasma concentration less than Competing interests: Yulia Lin reports grants from 148 pmol/L Canadian Blood Services, consulting fees from Choos Marginal deficiency, defined by plasma concentrations of 148– 221 pmol/L, ing Wisely Canada and participation on the data safety is observed in 20% of patients older than 60 years and seldom leads to monitoring board of the RAP. [...] cysteine levels can be considered in patients with an equivocal plasma concentration of B12 and symptoms or signs compatible with deficiency.2 This article has been peer reviewed. [...] formin, proton pump inhibitors and histamine 2 receptor antagonists.2,3 Content licence: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribu 5 P atients with documented B12 deficiency should be treated tion (CC BY NC ND 4.0) licence, which permits use, distribu with supplementation tion and reproduction in any medium, provided that the Daily hig.
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