Vitamin B12 and methyl malonic acid: Do we have all the answers? [2]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-280

  Adiga, Giridhar U ^a   Dharmarajan, Thiruvinvamalai S ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEGALOCYTOSIS; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; VERTIGO; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037289833     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51074.x     Document Type: Letter

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