LIVER VITAMIN B12 LEVELS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES
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Liver vitamin B 12 levels in chronic liver diseases.
Liver is apparently the major storage organ of vitamin B12 (B12). Experiments with radioactive B12 have shown that when this substance is administered orally the major part of the absorbed B12 is accumulated in the liver of the human body (1). It has been reported that serurp B12 levels in patients with acute or chronic liver diseases are markedly elevated (2-5). In experimental acute hepatic n...
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عنوان ژورنال: THE JOURNAL OF VITAMINOLOGY
سال: 1959
ISSN: 0022-5398
DOI: 10.5925/jnsv1954.5.134