A physiological dose of oral vitamin B-12 improves hematological, biochemical-metabolic indices and peripheral nerve function in B-12 deficient Indian adolescent women

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik; Rishikesh V. Behere; Dattatray S. Bhat; Nilam Memane; Deepa Raut; Rasika Ladkat; Pallavi C. Yajnik; Kalyanaraman Kumaran; Caroline H. D. Fall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223000

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A physiological dose of oral vitamin B-12 improves hematological, biochemical-metabolic indices and peripheral nerve function in B-12 deficient Indian adolescent women

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: csyajnik@gmail.com

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2911-2378

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Rishikesh V. Behere,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Dattatray S. Bhat,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-2366

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Nilam Memane,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Deepa Raut,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Rasika Ladkat,

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Pallavi C. Yajnik,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Diabetes Unit, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India
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Kalyanaraman Kumaran,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Unit, CSI, Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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Caroline H. D. Fall

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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A physiological dose of oral vitamin B-12 improves hematological, biochemical-metabolic indices and peripheral nerve function in B-12 deficient Indian adolescent women

Chittaranjan S. Yajnik,
Rishikesh V. Behere,
Dattatray S. Bhat,
Nilam Memane,
Deepa Raut,
Rasika Ladkat,
Pallavi C. Yajnik,
Kalyanaraman Kumaran,
Caroline H. D. Fall

Published: October 10, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223000

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