Age-related changes in cobalamin (vitamin B12) handling: Implications for therapy

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-292

  Nilsson Ehle, Herman ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GASTRIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031894738     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199812040-00003     Document Type: Article

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