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Neuropsychiatric and neurological problems among Vitamin B12 deficient young vegetarians

Aneel Kapoor, Mukhtiar Baig, Saeed A. Tunio, Abdul S. Memon and Hotchand Karmani
Neurosciences Journal July 2017, 22 (3) 228-232; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2017.3.20160445
Aneel Kapoor
From the Department of Biochemistry (Kapoor, Memon), Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas, from the Department of Biochemistry (Tunio), Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur, Sindh, from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Baig), Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Neurology (Karmani), Khulla Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Mukhtiar Baig
From the Department of Biochemistry (Kapoor, Memon), Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas, from the Department of Biochemistry (Tunio), Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur, Sindh, from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Baig), Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Neurology (Karmani), Khulla Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Saeed A. Tunio
From the Department of Biochemistry (Kapoor, Memon), Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas, from the Department of Biochemistry (Tunio), Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur, Sindh, from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Baig), Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Neurology (Karmani), Khulla Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Abdul S. Memon
From the Department of Biochemistry (Kapoor, Memon), Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas, from the Department of Biochemistry (Tunio), Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur, Sindh, from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Baig), Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Neurology (Karmani), Khulla Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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Hotchand Karmani
From the Department of Biochemistry (Kapoor, Memon), Muhammad Medical College, Mirpurkhas, from the Department of Biochemistry (Tunio), Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur, Sindh, from the Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Baig), Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Neurology (Karmani), Khulla Hospital, Muscat, Oman
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