Oral vitamin B12 can change our practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 930, 2003, Pages 218-220

  Nyholm, Elizabeth ^a   Turpin, P ^a   Swain, D ^b   Cunningham, B ^a   Daly, S ^a   Nightingale, P ^c   Fegan, C ^b  

^a Yardley Green Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTACON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; POPULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0038188801     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.930.218     Document Type: Article

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