The in vitro Uptake of Vitamin B12by Diphyllobothrium Latum and its Blockage by Intrinsic Factor
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
- Vol. 9 (3) , 313-314
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365515709079978
Abstract
Expelled Diphyllobothrium latum was found to take up very efficiently vitamin B12 from a fluid medium. Intrinsic factor could block this uptake. The findings support the authors'' suggestion (1957) that the worm in vivo may compete with intrinsic factor for perorally ingested vitamin B12 and that in that way, when successful, it may cause pernicious tapeworm anemia.Keywords
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- Diphyllobothrium latum as a cause of pernicious anemiaExperimental Parasitology, 1956