Vitamin B12 : advances and insights /

"Cobalamin (vitamin B12) was discovered in the first half of the 20th century. Vast amount of information on the role of the vitamins in human health and disease became available. Cobalamin science was, however, based on theoretical concepts that have been accepted without further proof of fact...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Obeid, Rima (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • Milestones in the discovery of pernicious anemia and its treatment / Jörn Schneede
  • Nutritional and biochemical aspects of cobalamin throughout life / Eva Greibe
  • Intracellular processing and utilization of cobalamins / Luciana Hannibal and Donald W. Jacobsen
  • Inherited defects of cobalamin metabolism / David Watkins and David S. Rosenblatt
  • Conditions and diseases that cause vitamin B12 deficiency : form metabolism to diseases / Emmanuel Andrès
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency in developing and newly industrialising countries / Chittaranjan Yajnik, Urmila Deshmukh, Prachi Katre, and Tejas Limaye
  • Vitamin B12 in neurology and aging / Andrew McCaddon and Joshua W. Miller
  • The role of cobalamin in the central and peripheral nervous systems : mechanistic insights / Elena Mutti
  • Laboratory markers and diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency / Rima Obeid
  • Cobalamin during pregnancy and lactation
  • Vitamin B12 after birth and during early life / Rima Obeid, Pol Solé-Navais, and Michelle M. Murphy
  • Cobalamin-folate interactions / Pol Solé-Navais, Rima Obeid, and Michelle M. Murphy
  • Extreme vitamin B12 concentrations in clinical practice in the absence of symptoms or B12 treatment / Rima Obeid
  • Vitamin B12 and drug development / Jayme L. Workinger and Robert P. Doyle