Reversible myelopathy in a 34-year-old man with vitamin B12 deficiency

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Pittock, Sean J ^a   Payne, Troy A ^b   Harper, C Michel ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Neurology Clinic of Saint Cloud   (United States)

Author keywords

MMA = methylmalonic acid; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; SCD = subacute combined degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036183572     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/77.3.291     Document Type: Article

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