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Pharmacology General a3e31816

Posterior column sensations in lower limbs are lost in :

A
Vitamin A deficiency
B
Vitamin B12 deficiency
C
Vitamin C deficiency
D
Vitamin D deficiency
High-Yield Explanation
Deficiency of vitamin B12 leads to megaloblastic anemia which is indistinguishable from folic acid deficiency. Deficiency also have manifestations related to loss of myelin-like subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord (symptoms of lesions of a posterior column like loss of vibration and proprioception, paraesthesias, depressed stretch reflexes and mental changes like poor memory and hallucinations etc.)

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