Vitamin B12 deficiency: Early diagnosis in the ambulatory setting;Carence en vitamine B12: Diagnostic precoce en medecine ambulatoire

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 45, 1998, Pages 1763-1771

  Ali, G ^a   Pecoud A ^a   Decrey, H ^a   Verdon, F ^b,c  

^a POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032494577     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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