Use of plasma methyl- malonic acid in diagnosing vitamin B12 deficiency in general practice. Scan J Prim Health Care, 2002;20:57-59.Hvas AM, Lous J, Ellegaard J, et al. Use of plasma methylmalonic acid in diagnosing vitamin B-12 defi- ciency in general practice. Scand J Prim Health ...
Sensitivity of serum methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine determinations for diagnosing...Examines the sensitivity of measuring serum concentrations of methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine for diagnosing patients with clear-cut cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency. Comparison of the results with those...
Assessment of the usefulness of the intrinsic factor antibody (IF Ab) test in comparison to the Schilling test in diagnosing pernicious anaemia (PA) in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency. This study was designed to compare the If Ab test to the Schilling test using results obtained of patients...
Additionally, several medical conditions like obesity, thalassaemia, lead poisoning, porphyria, inflammatory and autoimmune disease, malignancy, heart failure, and specific nutritional deficiencies (vitamin A, vitamin B12, zinc, pyridoxine and folate) can affect iron-related metrics. It is imperative to ...
(2) systemic diseases known to cause dementia (for example, hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 or folic acid deficiency, niacin deficiency, hypercalcemia, neurosyphilis, HIV infection); (3) substance-induced diseases. E. The deficits do not occur only during a delirium. ...
Vitamin B12 deficiency Does MS start suddenly? Symptoms of MS differ from person to person. They can start over a few days, then get better quickly. Or they can progress slowly and gradually over a period of years. But they don't appear very suddenly like those of a stroke.Sources...
Red cell indices: differentiation between β-thalassemia trait and iron deficiency anemia and application to sickle-cell disease and sickle-cell thalassemia Measurement of immature platelets with Abbott CD-Sapphire and Sysmex XE-5000 in haematology and oncology patients Performance characteristics of cons...
vitamin B12Objectives. The performance of holotranscobalamin (holoTC) was compared with the other markers of vitamin B 12 deficiency, and the influence of age, renal function, and thyroid status was examined. Design and interventions. We examined 937 individuals not treated with vitamin B 12 but...
B12 and redblood cell folic acid may register below normal levels.3 In terms of hematology, counts of red blood cells (anemia),white blood cells, and platelets may be low depending on the amount of bone marrow involvement and the presence or absence of vitamin B12 or folatedeficiency. Imagin...
Although an association of psychiatric symptoms with vitamin B12 deficiency is well accepted, the incidence and nature of these symptoms is not established. To help illuminate the natural history of this illness we review the literature ... DK Zucker,RL Livingston,R Nakra,... - 《Biological Psy...