Prospective evaluation of protein bound vitamin B12 (cobalamin) malabsorption in the elderly using trout flesh labelled in vivo with 57Co- cobalamin

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-479

  Aimone Gastin, I ^a   Pierson, H ^b   Jeandel, C ^b   Bronowicki, J P ^a   Plenat F ^a   Lambert, D ^a   Nabet Belleville, F ^b   Gueant J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Gastritis; Malabsorption; Schilling test

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHILLING TEST; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030880990     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.4.475     Document Type: Article

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