Modern approaches to the investigation of vitamin B12 deficiency

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 435-445

  Ward, Patrick C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GASTRIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; BLOCKING ANTIBODY; INTRINSIC FACTOR;

CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALABSORPTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHILLING TEST; BLOOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; URINE;

ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; GASTRINS; HUMAN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SCHILLING TEST; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035990283     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-2712(01)00003-8     Document Type: Review

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