NBME Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) (NBME Answers)

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melchior From googling it, it seems that B12 deficiency can produce either hyperreflexia or hyporeflexia. This makes sense, because it causes both UMN lesions (causing hyperreflexia), but it also affects the afferent pathways. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crinm/2013/159649/ +3

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