B-12 Vitamin And Infertility

Abstract

Infertility is one of the important health problems in the world. The etiology of all infertility cases is not known properly. IVF techniques are applied in unexplained infertility cases, but these techniques are invasive, expensive, painful, but not always successful. Some investigators declare that B 12 vitamin deficiency plays a role in infertility etiology, and success is achieved with the easy and cheap theraphy. The relationship between B 12 vitamin and infertility is assessed in this article.

Keywords

• Cobalamin, vitamin B12, folic acid, infertility, nutrition

B-12 Vitamini ve İnfertilite

Öz

Özet: Dünyada infertilite önemli bir problemdir. Her infertilite vakasının etyolojisi tam olarak bilinememektedir. Açıklanamayan infertilite vakalarında pahalı, invaziv, ağrılı bir metod olan ÜYT (Üremeye Yardımcı Teknikler) uygulanmaktadır ve hepsinde başarı sağlanamamaktadır.B 12 eksikliğinin infertilitede rolü olduğu ve tedavisi ile ucuz, kolay şekilde başarı elde edildiği belirtilmektedir. Buderlemede B 12 ve infertilite ilişkisi incelenecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kobalamin,B 12 vitamini,folik asit,infertilite,beslenme

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12. Yazışma Adresi / Correspondence: Ayşe Filiz Yavuz AVŞAR Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kadın Hast ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı, Atatürk Eğ. Araş. Hast. Bilkent, Lodumlu Mevki, Eskişehir Yolu, Ankara. e-posta: [e-mail]