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Transcobalamin-II variants, decreased vitamin B12 availability and increased risk of frailty.
The journal of nutrition, health & aging - 1 Jan 2010
Matteini A M, Walston J D, Bandeen-Roche K, Arking D E, Allen R H, Fried L P, Chakravarti A, Stabler S P, Fallin M D
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OBJECTIVE: This project was designed to follow-up prior evidence that demonstrated a significant association between vitamin B12 transport and metabolism and the frailty syndrome in community-dwelling older women. The cross-sectional relationship between genetic variants within six candidate genes along this pathway with serum methylmalonic acid (MMA) levels and frailty was evaluated in this same population of...
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