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  2. Vitamin B12 deficiency - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin B 12 deficiency is preventable with supplements, which are recommended for pregnant vegetarians and vegans, and not harmful in others. [2] Risk of toxicity due to vitamin B 12 is low. [2] Vitamin B 12 deficiency in the US and the UK is estimated to occur in about 6 percent of those under the age of 60, and 20 percent of those over the ...

  3. Pernicious anemia - Wikipedia

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    The Schilling test distinguished PA from other forms of B 12 deficiency, [50] specifically, from Imerslund–Gräsbeck syndrome, a B 12-deficiency caused by mutations in CUBN that codes for cubilin the cobalamin receptor. [1] Vitamin B12 deficiency is also prevalent in patients having Crohn's disease (CD) so it should be differentiated. [62]

  4. Vitamin B12 - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin B 12 deficiency has been observed in between 40% and 80% of the vegetarian population who do not also take a vitamin B 12 supplement or consume vitamin-fortified food. [36] In Hong Kong and India, vitamin B 12 deficiency has been found in roughly 80% of the vegan population.

  5. Serum vitamin B12 - Wikipedia

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    Serum vitamin B 12 is a medical laboratory test that measure vitamin B 12 only in the blood binding to both transcobalamins. [1] Most of the time, 80–94% of vitamin B 12 in the blood binds to haptocorrin, while only 6–20% is binds to transcobalamin ll. [2] Only transcobalamin ll is "active" and can be used by the body. [1]

  6. Vegan nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Animals store vitamin B 12 in liver and muscle and some pass the vitamin into their eggs and milk; meat, liver, eggs and milk are therefore sources of B 12. [65] [66] The UK Vegan Society, the Vegetarian Resource Group, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, among others, recommend that every vegan consume adequate B 12 either ...

  7. Schilling test - Wikipedia

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    The Schilling test has multiple stages. [3] As noted below, it can be done at any time after vitamin B 12 supplementation and body store replacement, and some clinicians recommend that in severe deficiency cases, at least several weeks of vitamin repletion be done before the test (more than one B 12 shot, and also oral folic acid), in order to ensure that impaired absorption of B 12 (with or ...

  8. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia: E53.8: 13905: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia occurs when a "lower-than-normal" amount of the vitamin B12 is available within the body, leading to a decreased production of healthy red blood cells. [7] Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency: D51.0

  9. Vegetarian nutrition - Wikipedia

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    A variety of vegetarian, and more specifically vegan, foods. Vegetarian nutrition is the set of health-related challenges and advantages of vegetarian diets.. Appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful and nutritionally adequate for all stages of the human life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. [1]

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