Oral cyanocobalamin supplementation in older people with vitamin B 12 deficiency: A dose-finding trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1167-1172

  Eussen, Simone J P M ^a   De Groot, Lisette C P G M ^a   Clarke, Robert ^b   Schneede, Jörn ^c   Ueland, Per M ^c   Hoefnagels, Willibrord H L ^d   Van Staveren, Wija A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METFORMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCOBALAMINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 19344377753     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.10.1167     Document Type: Article

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