Renal impairment compromises the use of total homocysteine and methylmalonic acid but not total vitamin B12 and holotranscobalamin in screening for vitamin B12 deficiency in the aged

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Loikas, Saila ^a   Koskinen, Pertti ^a   Irjala, Kerttu ^a,b   Löppönen, Minna ^c,d   Isoaho, Raimo ^c,e   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^a,c,f   Pelliniemi, Tarja Terttu ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Corporation   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Harkatie Health Centre   (Finland)

^e Pori Health Centre   (Finland)

^f SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Holotranscobalamin; Homocysteine; Renal impairment; Screening; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATIN C; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCREENING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; METHODS; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33847170595     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.028     Document Type: Article

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