Original Articles · pages 187–192
Spectrum of presentation of Vitamin
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B12 Deficiency in Adult Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital - Meenakshi N, M. Mahajan, D. Kumar. Spectrum of presentation of Vitamin. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2017;30(4):187–192.
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Background: Severe Vitamin B12 deficiency has a fatal outcome. There are various manifestations of the disease but not many studies of the deficiency have been carried out in India.Most of these studies are laboratory based and not clinician based. There is a need to delve into the spectrum of presentations to enhance clinician suspicion towards the deficiency and supplement patients with Vitamin B12 to reduce the symptomatology. Objective: Primary - To elicit the spectrum of manifestations of the Vitamin B12 deficiency in an adult population in a tertiary hospital.
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Vitamin B12, Deficiency, Spectrum, (October – December), Vol 30, Senior Resident