Browsing by Subject "Folic acid"

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    • Folate and Vitamin B-12 Status in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Update 
      Brito, Alex; Mujica Coopman, María; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; López de Romaña, Daniel; Cori, Héctor; Allen, Lindsay H. (SAGE Publications Inc., 2015)
      Background: The current magnitude of folate and vitamin B-12 deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean is uncertain. Objective: To summarize data on plasma or serum vitamin B-12 and folate concentrations in Latin ...
    • Natural killer cell cytotoxicity is not regulated by folic acid in vitro 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Miranda, Dante; Muñoz, Estefanía; Montoya, Margarita; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Elsevier, 2013)
      Objectives: Folate supplementation may be associated with an increased risk of developing several types of cancer and a derangement of immune function.Among the latter, Natural killer (NK) cells are involved in ...
    • Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults 
      Castillo Lancellotti, Cecilia; Margozzini, Paula; Valdivia, Gonzalo; Padilla, Oslando; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Rozowski, Jaime; Tur, Josep A. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2015)
      Objective: To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly. Design: We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and age, ...