Folate Supplementation and the Risk of Masking Vitamin B12 Deficiency

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 277, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 884-

  Brantigan, Charles O ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FLOUR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030908971     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1997.03540350034026     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Lindenbaum J, Healton EB, Savage DG, et al. Neuropsychiatric disorders caused by cobalamin deficiency in the absence of anemia or macrocytosis. N Engl J Med. 1988;318:1720-1728.