Current haematological findings in cobalamin deficiency [3]

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-74

  Jolobe, O M P ^a  

^a 1 The Lodge ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; COBALAMIN; IRON;

ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MICROCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

GASTRITIS, ATROPHIC; HUMANS; IRON; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33846171972     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00851.x     Document Type: Letter

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