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==Importance to ME/CFS== A small study of [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] patients found below-normal levels of a number of B vitamins, including vitamin [[Vitamin B6|B6]] (Pyridoxine), [[Thiamine|B1]] (thiamine), [[Riboflavin|B2]] (riboflavin) and [[Folate|B9]] (folate).<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Heap | first = L C | author-link = Laura Heap | last2 = Peters | first2 = T J | author-link2 = Timothy Peters | last3 = Wessely | first3 = S | author-link3 = Simon Wessely | date = Apr 1999 | title = Vitamin B status in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1297139/pdf/jrsocmed00010-0031.pdf | journal=Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | volume = 92 | issue = 4 | pages = 183β185|issn=0141-0768|pmc=1297139|pmid=10450194|quote=|via=}}</ref> These levels were unlikely to be caused by deficiencies in diet. Vitamin B6 levels were particularly low. High [[homocysteine]] may contribute to [[cognitive dysfunction|cognitive issues]] in [[ME/CFS]] and lowering it with [[vitamin B12]] and [[folate]] may reduce symptoms <ref>{{Cite web | url = http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0124648 | title = Response to Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia | last = | first = | date = | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=}}</ref>
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