Elevated methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine levels show high prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency after gastric surgery

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 469-476

  Sumner, Anne E ^a   Chin, Margaret M ^b   Abrahm, Janet L ^c   Berry, Gerard T ^d   Gracely, Edward J ^a   Allen, Robert H ^e   Stabler, Sally P ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030026630     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-5-199603010-00002     Document Type: Article

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