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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2019

Does B12 deficiency lead to change in brain metabolites in pediatric population? A MR spectroscopy study.

Dilek Sen Dokumaci, Ferit Dogan, Suleyman Geter, Veysi Almaz, Mustafa Calik

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Dilek Sen DokumaciDepartment of Radiology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa-Mardin Highway 18.Km, 63300, Sanliurfa, Turkey. dileksendokumaci@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-427X
Ferit DoganDepartment of Radiology, Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, 63250, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Suleyman GeterDepartment of Pediatrics, Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, 63250, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Veysi AlmazDepartment of Pediatrics, Sanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, 63250, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Mustafa CalikDepartment of Pediatrics, Harran University School of Medicine, 63300, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Şanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRHarran University · TR

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objectivesThe aim of this study is to examine metabolite changes in different brain regions of the children with vitamin B12 deficiency disease using MR spectroscopy.

methodsEighteen children with serum vit. B12 deficiency and 12 healthy volunteer children were included in the study. All children were examined with single-voxel spectroscopy examination via 1.5-Tesla MRI. The spectra were obtained from the left frontal periventricular white matter, left lentiform nucleus and left cerebellar hemisphere. The comparisons between patient group and control group were made with ratios calculated as NAA/Cr, Cho/Cr, mI/Cr, and Glx/Cr. All brain images were also examined in terms of brain atrophy, abnormal brain parenchyma intensity changes, or myelination status.

resultsThe children were between 3 months and 16 years old in the patient group, and between 3 months and 15 years old in the control group. There were no statistical differences in terms of metabolite ratios in the three different brain regions between the patients and control group. In two patients, periventricular white matter hyperintensities were observed. In four patients, brain atrophy was detected. DISCUSSION: MR spectroscopy examination demonstrated that there were no statistical differences in terms of all metabolite ratios in left frontal periventricular white matter, left lentiform nucleus and left cerebellar hemisphere.

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AdolescentCase-Control StudiesCerebellumChildChild, PreschoolCorpus StriatumFemaleFrontal LobeHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleVitamin B 12 DeficiencyWhite MatterBrain metabolitesBrain MRIMR spectroscopyPediatric populationVitamin B12

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