Current concepts in cobalamin deficiency

Annual Review of Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 357-375

  Carmel, Ralph ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cobalamin deficiency; Homocysteine; Malabsorption; Neurologic disorders; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; DEOXYURIDINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034090534     PISSN: 00664219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.med.51.1.357     Document Type: Review

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