Journal of Bioengineering & Biomedical Science

Kadhim G

Publications

• Research Article
  Identification of Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Helicobacter pylori Infected Patients
  Author(s): Kadhim G, Maidin MS, Omar H and Ismail AKadhim G, Maidin MS, Omar H and Ismail A
  
  Background: H. pylori infection is strongly related with chronic gastritis of the antrum of the stomach, which causes impairment in gastric acid and pepsin secretion, and is thus linked to malabsorption of food-vitamin B12. H. pylori can cause an individual to have a vitamin B12 deficiency. It is also a known contributor to gastritis ulcers and it can prevent to the stomach from being able to absorb the vitamin B12 you consume and leads to a deficiency of vitamin B12. The purpose of this study is to determine the frequency of vitamin B12 deficiency in Helicobacter pylori infected patients. Methods: All patients above 13 years of age, of either gender with Helicobacter pylori infection were evaluated for urine vitamin B12 level by human vitamin B12 ElSA kit. The data was analyzed in statistical software (SPSS) and the P-value=0.05 was considere.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9538.1000160

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