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A novel screening tool (Karanth's test) for vitamin B12 deficiency: a pilot study

Karanth VK 1 , Karanth L 2 , Karanth TK 3 , Karanth SK 4 , Bekur R 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of General Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, India. karanthkvl@yahoo.co.in
  • 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia. karanthkl@ymail.com
  • 3 Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, India. karanthtk@gmail.com
  • 4 Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, India. sowmya_karanth@hotmail.com
  • 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Udupi, India. raginibekur@gmail.com
BMC Res Notes, 2015;8:778.
PMID: 26652288 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1744-1

Abstract

No practical tests are currently available for screening vitamin B12 deficiency because the available techniques are invasive, expensive, and require a particular level of infrastructure and service that is not available in all places such as rural areas. Thus, we have examined the efficacy of a novel method (Karanth's test) for identifying people with vitamin B12 deficiency as part of a pilot study.

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