Metformin-related vitamin B12 deficiency

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-201

  Liu, Kin Wah ^a   Dai, Lok Kwan ^a   Jean, Woo ^a  

^a SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Metformin; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FAMOTIDINE; INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCHILLING TEST; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; METFORMIN; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ATAXIA;

EID: 33644971010     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj042     Document Type: Article

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