Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Cervical Spine Secondary to Inhaled Nitrous-Oxide-Induced Cobalamin Deficiency

Nitrous oxide is clinically used as an inhaled anesthetic in surgical and dental procedures. It is also used as an inhaled recreational drug and can be incredibly addictive. It tends to irreversibly oxidize cobalamin (Vitamin B12), rendering it inactive as a coenzyme in the production of methionine....

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Autores principales: Check, Larissa, Abdelsayed, Nardine, Figueroa, Gabriela, Ragunathan, Aditya, Faris, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8840839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174022
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21214

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