Evaluation of the One-Hour ¹³C-Propionate Breath Test in 49 Patients from a Single Center in Japan to Detect Vitamin B₁₂ Deficiency

Yosuke Sasaki; Takahiro Sato; Tadashi Maeda; Fumiya Komatsu; Naoyuki Kawagoe; Tsunehiko Imai; Tomoyuki Shigeta; Naoyasu Kashima; Yoshihisa Urita

doi:10.12659/MSM.940238

08 May 2023: Clinical Research

Evaluation of the One-Hour C-Propionate Breath Test in 49 Patients from a Single Center in Japan to Detect Vitamin B Deficiency

Yosuke Sasaki ^ABCDEFG* , Takahiro Sato ^BDF , Tadashi Maeda ^BDFG , Fumiya Komatsu ^BCD , Naoyuki Kawagoe ^BC , Tsunehiko Imai ^ACDF , Tomoyuki Shigeta ^BF , Naoyasu Kashima ^B , Yoshihisa Urita ^ABDFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.940238

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e940238

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Figure 1 Propionate metabolism and measuring principle of the propionate breath test. Vitamin B12 functions as a coenzyme of methylmalonyl-CoA mutase in the conversion from L-methylmalonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA in propionate metabolism. TCA – tricarboxylic acid.

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Evaluation of the One-Hour C-Propionate Breath Test in 49 Patients from a Single Center in Japan to Detect Vitamin B Deficiency

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