Should we monitor vitamin B12 levels in patients who have had end-ileostomy for inflammatory bowel disease?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-318

  Jayaprakash, A ^a,b   Creed, T ^a   Stewart, L ^a   Colton, B ^a   Mountford, R ^a   Standen, G ^a   Probert, C ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ileostomy; Inflammatory bowel disease; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLECTOMY; SCREENING TEST; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 3042845523     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-003-0556-2     Document Type: Article

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