INT3911
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In ophthalmology, Shin and Becker have shown that the prevalence of HLA B7 and B12 antigens was significantly higher in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma than in the non-glaucomatous population. | |||||||||||||||
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Serum B12 levels | |||||||||||||||
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Patients willing to try oral therapy were given a six-month supply of B12 tablets (one 1000 ? | |||||||||||||||
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We placed the initial questionnaire [see Additional file 1 ] in patients' charts to be completed at their next visit for a B12 injection. | |||||||||||||||
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Perceived efficacy of B12 therapy | |||||||||||||||
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The recruitment cover letter included one sentence describing the equivalency of oral B12 therapy to injections: "Studies have shown that vitamin B12 pills are just as effective and safe as B12 injections." | |||||||||||||||
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For both patients interviewed during their trial of oral B12 and for three of the five patients interviewed afterward, all of whom permanently switched to oral therapy, there was a high level of satisfaction with oral B12. | |||||||||||||||
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The recruitment cover letter included one sentence describing the equivalency of oral B12 therapy to injections: "Studies have shown that vitamin B12 pills are just as effective and safe as B12 injections." | |||||||||||||||
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By monitoring trough serum B12 levels (i.e., 1 month after their last injection) and again 6 months after oral therapy, we observed that one patient was a non-responder (i.e., serum level decreased), and 4 patients had serum levels that increased but remained below 295 pmol/L (a level considered by some to be borderline B12 deficient)[17]. | |||||||||||||||
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Baseline and post-intervention serum B12 levels were obtained for 39 of the 55 patients who switched to pills (Figure 2). | |||||||||||||||
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Expression of the TNF-related proteins TNFAIP1 (B12), which is a membrane-located ion channel and a direct target of TNF-induced signaling, transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-?) | |||||||||||||||
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Expression of the TNF-related proteins TNFAIP1 (B12), which is a membrane-located ion channel and a direct target of TNF-induced signaling, transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-?) | |||||||||||||||
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They will be asked to continue to participate as part of the 'comprehensive cohort study' and will be referred back to their GP for immediate treatment with B12 injections. | |||||||||||||||
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Those patients with B12 deficiency must not receive folate and will be excluded from the trial. | |||||||||||||||
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Patients whose blood results show B12 deficiency will be referred back to their GP for immediate treatment with B12 injections. | |||||||||||||||
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Expression of the TNF-related proteins TNFAIP1 (B12), which is a membrane-located ion channel and a direct target of TNF-induced signaling, transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-?) | |||||||||||||||
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Laboratory examination was unremarkable, with a normal CBC, serum folate, free T4 index, serum vitamin B12, creatinine, and hemoglobin A1c. | |||||||||||||||
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Serum B12 levels should be checked, especially in patients who present with other known neuropsychiatric features of vitamin B12 deficiency [3]. | |||||||||||||||
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At present, our patient has been treated for vitamin B12 deficiency and M. tuberculosis. | |||||||||||||||
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Neuropathy caused by B12 deficiency in a patient with ileal tuberculosis: A case report
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