Syncope, falls and cobalamin deficiency in the old population

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 60-66

  Skrabal, Falko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; AMNESIA; ANEMIA; ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; FALLING; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROPATHY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; R FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SYNCOPE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; SYNCOPE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2342521246     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-004-0179-x     Document Type: Editorial

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