Disease Information for Vitamin B12 deficiency (Clinical Manifestations)

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A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN B 12 in the diet, characterized by megaloblastic anemia; Since vitamin B 12 is not present in plants, humans have obtained their supply from animal products, from multivitamin supplements in the form of pills, and as additives to food preparations; A wide variety of neuropsychiatric abnormalities is also seen in vitamin B 12 deficiency and appears to be due to an undefined defect involving myelin synthesis; (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p848)-------------------------------------------------Vitamin B12 Deficiency ;Cobalamin Deficiency;<br>

Vitamin B12 Deficiency is characterized by an abnormally low blood levels of this vitamin; The disorder can be caused by a poor diet, inadequate absorption or utilization of B12 that may follow stomach and intestinal surgery or an increase in certain intestinal organisms; The deficiency causes changes in the blood and the central nervous system; Injection of this vitamin usually cures the disorder if the underlying cause can be corrected-------------[NORD 2005]---------------

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