Vitamin B12 status and hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and folic acid

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Vitamin B12 status and hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and folic acid

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory arthritis in which the immune system targets synovial joints. Methotrexate serves as the mainstay of treatment for RA due to its efficacy. However, patients treated with methotrexate are uniquely at risk for vitamin B12 deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia due to coincident disease risk factors and the fact that methotrexate use is associated with malabsorption. The objective of this study was to assess for vitamin B12 deficiency among patients with...

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Article

Date created

2024-07-01

Creator

Patel, Aakash V. / Morgan, Sarah L. / Green, Ralph / Danila, Maria I. / Merriman, Tony R. / Wanzeck, Keith / Ahmed, Hamdy / Gaffo, Angelo L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/40069

Related subjects

Methotrexate / Nutrition / Rheumatoid arthritis / Vitamin B12

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