Diagnosis of cobalamin deficiency: Only apparently child's play;Diagnose eines vitamin-B 12-mangels: Nur scheinbar ein kinderspiel

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 861-872

  Bachli E ^a   Fehr, J ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Cobalamin; Food cobalamin test; Review; Schilling test; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; REVIEW; SCHILLING TEST;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGING; ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; GASTROSCOPY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; SCHILLING TEST; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033549161     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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