DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
B12
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12, vitamin B12 or vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, is a water soluble vitamin with a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system, and for the formation of blood. It is one of the eight B vitamins. It is normally involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and regulation, but also fatty acid synthesis and energy production. As the largest and most structurally complicated vitamin, it can be produced industrially only through bacterial fermentation-synthesis. Vitamin B12 consists of a class of chemically-related compounds, all of which have vitamin activity...
B12 - List of case studies
- PANCYTOPENIA OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
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tests can help. - Megaloblastic anemia – B12 and / or folic acid deficiency. - Drug induced or viral ... PNH, myeloproliferative disease, megaloblastic anemia, B12 deficiency, folic acid deficiency, drug induced bone marrow ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions
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Vitamin B12 150-700 ...
- Pulmonary heteroplasia
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I would recommend, after supplementation with Vit B12 and folic acid , two courses of 500mg/m2 alimta at 3-week intervals ...
- Axonal and Demyelinative Sensorimotor Neuropathy
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in the direction of collagen disease, multiple myeloma, B12 defienncy, hypothyroidism , VDRL, were all normal. Following, tests ... changes in muscles, collagen disease, multiple myeloma, B12 defienncy, hypothyroidism , VDRL, paraesthesias, chronic neurogenic ...
- Mild Alzheimer’s disease – additional opinion
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sed. rate, liver and renal functions, thyroid, Vitamin B12 and methylmalonic acid level to exclude reversible causes of dementia ... sed. rate, liver and renal functions, thyroid, Vitamin B12 , methylmalonic acid level , neurological examination , ...
- B-cell lymphoma
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disease, other drug-induced bone marrow damage, alcohol, B12 or folic acid deficiency – are all possibilities that are less likely ... disease, drug-induced bone marrow damage, alcohol, B12 deficiency , folic acid deficiency. Examinations ...
- Demyelinizing Disease
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MANAGEMENT I recommend testing of levels of vitamin B12 in the serum. Many patients with MS suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency, and this may aggravate their gait disability. Vitamin D testing ...
- Adeno Carcinoma of Lung
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. Since this regimen requires folic acid and vitamin B12 initiated at least one week prior to chemotherapy, this plan would be ... paclitaxel, cisplatinum, pemetrexed, folic acid, vitamin B12. Treatments : concurrent chemo-irradiation, palliative approach, ...
- Visual disturbances of unknown etiology
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EEG , echocardiography , blood tests ( vitamin B12 , antiphospholipids Ab , Ft3 , Ft4 , TSH , routine blood ... Neurological examination, EEG, echocardiography, vitamin B12, antiphospholipids Ab, Ft3, Ft4, TSH, blood chemistry tests, brain MRI, ...
- Pancytopenia of uncertain pathogenesis
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Megaloblastic anemia – B12 and / or folic acid deficiency Drug ... myeloproliferative disease, Megaloblastic anemia (– B12 and / or folic acid deficiency), paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria ...