NEUROLOGIC ASPECTS OF COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY
NEUROLOGIC ASPECTS OF COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY
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DOI:
10.1097/00005792-199107000-00001
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发表时间:
1991-07-01
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影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
LINDENBAUM, J
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作者:
HEALTON, EB;SAVAGE, DG;LINDENBAUM, J
The neurologic disorders associated with perni-cious anemia were well described in the literature of the late nineteenth century and the first decades of this century (5, 17, 31, 54, 67, 89, 91, 94). Much of the classic literature on the topic is subject to certain limitations, including uncertainty as to underlying diagnosis and problems in evaluating therapy with liver preparations of varying potency. No large detailed series of patients with vitamin B,(cobalamin, Cbl) deficiency affecting the nervous system has been published since the introduction of various modern diagnostic and therapeutic measures, including the Schilling test, serum Cbl level and treatment with purified vitamin B, although many reports involving single patients or small numbers of patients have appeared (7, 17, 28, 38, 43, 47, 49, 65, 71, 87, 91, 98). It has been noted that clinical presentation of patients with Cbl deficiency during the modern era has been different and less advanced than in the past (22). It is possible that neurologic disorders due to lack of Cbl seen in recent years may be more responsive to therapy and show a higher degree of reversibility than has been observed previously (8, 17, 27, 31, 43, 44, 67, 75, 88, 89, 96). We present here a review of the presentations and responses to treatment of a large series of patients with well-documented Cbl deficiency who were studied at 2 university hospitals during a recent 17-year period.