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anaemia is treated by a multi-step therapy: 1 mg day
-1
hydroxycobalamin
intramuscularly for 7 days followed by the same dose applied weekly for
up to 6 weeks, followed by the same dose each 2 months for life.
Funicularmyelitisistreatedby a 2-week therapy with 250 mgday
-1
to
replenish stores followed by lifelong monthly injections of 100 mgifa
disturbed
absorption
was
the
cause
of
cobalamin
deficiency.
Elderly
Table 13.11.
Concentrations of vitamins B6, 7,9,12 in selected foods
(in alphabetical order)
Pyridoxine
(mg 100 g
-1
)
Biotin
(mg 100 g
-1
)
Fols¨ ure
(mg 100 g
-1
)
Cobalamin
(mg 100 g
-1
)
B-vitamin food
Bean, white, seed
dry
187
Beef
5
Brewers' yeast
115
3170
Broccoli
48
Calf liver
75
Chick pea, seed
dry
550
Egg
25
184
2
Herring
450
9
Kipper
10
Lamb's lettuce
145
Lentil, seed dry
575
168
Mackerel
630
9
Maize
400
Millet
519
Oat flakes
20
Oats, whole grain
960
Ox kidney
170
33
Ox liver
877
100
592
65
Pea seed, dry
151
Peanuts
34
Pig's liver
590
136
39
Pork
565
Rice, unpolished
275
12
16
Salmon
980
3
Soya bean, seed
dry
1000
60
240
Soya flour
190
Wheat flour,
wholemeal
460
8
Wheat germ
492
17
520
From Souci et al. (2000)
