The British Journal of Psychiatry (1970) 117: 699-704. doi: 10.1192/bjp.117.541.699
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Serum Vitamin B12 Levels in Indian Psychiatric Patients

V. S. JATHAR M.Sc., Ph.D.1, S. P. PATRAWALLA M.D.2, D. R. DOONGAJI M.D.3, D. V. REGE B.Sc.(Tech.), Ph.D.4, and R. S. SATOSKAR 5

1 Lecturer, Radioisotope Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmacology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay-12, India
2 Medical Registrar, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay-12, India
3 Honorary Assistant in Psychiatry, Psychiatric Clinic, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay-12, India
4 Professor of Food Technology, University Department of Chemical Technology, University of Bombay, Bombay-19, India
5 Professor of Pharmacology and Head, Radioisotope Laboratory, Dept. of Pharmacology, Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay-12, India

No specific psychiatric symptom could be attributed to vitamin B12 deficiency. It is difficult to accept any relationship between low serum vitamin B12 levels and functional psychosis where one is dealing with a lactovegetarian population as seen in India.

Submitted on October 13, 1969




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