Early normalization of low vitamin B12 levels by oral cobalamin therapy in three older patients with pernicious anemia [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1914-1915

  Kaltenbach, Georges ^a   Noblet Dick, Marie ^a   Barnier Figue, Geneviève ^a   Berthel, Marc ^a   Kuntzmann, Francis ^a   Andres, Emmanuel ^b  

^a Ctr de Gerontologie des Hop Univ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ELDERLY CARE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036843565     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50533.x     Document Type: Letter

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