"Vitamin B 12" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A cobalt-containing coordination compound produced by intestinal micro-organisms and found also in soil and water. Higher plants do not concentrate vitamin B 12 from the soil and so are a poor source of the substance as compared with animal tissues. INTRINSIC FACTOR is important for the assimilation of vitamin B 12.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D014805
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							 D03.383.129.578.840.437.777 D03.633.400.909.437.777 D04.345.783.437.777 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Vitamin B 12- Vitamin B 12
 - B 12, Vitamin
 - Vitamin B12
 - B12, Vitamin
 - Cyanocobalamin
 
  
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitamin B 12" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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Maternal micronutrient deficiency and congenital heart disease risk: A systematic review of observational studies. Birth Defects Res. 2022 10 15; 114(17):1079-1091.
															
								 
							
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Morton's foot and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate deficiency: genetically linked traits. Med Hypotheses. 2014 Dec; 83(6):644-8.
															
								 
							
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Dietary and lifestyle guidelines for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2014 Sep; 35 Suppl 2:S74-8.
															
								 
							
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Vitamin B12 deficiency in relation to functional disabilities. Nutrients. 2013 Nov 12; 5(11):4462-75.
															
								 
							
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Delayed sleep phase disorder in youth. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2013 Nov; 26(6):580-5.
															
								 
							
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Nutritional determinants of cognitive aging and dementia. Proc Nutr Soc. 2012 Feb; 71(1):1-13.
															
								 
							
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Vitamin B12, cognition, and brain MRI measures: a cross-sectional examination. Neurology. 2011 Sep 27; 77(13):1276-82.
															
								 
							
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Longitudinal association of vitamin B-6, folate, and vitamin B-12 with depressive symptoms among older adults over time. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Aug; 92(2):330-5.
															
								 
							
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Biochemical indicators of vitamin B12 and folate insufficiency and cognitive decline. Neurology. 2009 Jan 27; 72(4):361-7.
															
								 
							
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Dietary folate and vitamins B-12 and B-6 not associated with incident Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2006 Aug; 9(4):435-43.