Delirium associated with vitamin B12 deficiency after pneumonia

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 356-358

  Buchman, Nili ^a   Mendelsson, Erica ^a   Lerner, Vladimir ^b   Kotler, Moshe ^a,b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Delirium; Pneumonia; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; DELIRIUM; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0032752811     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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