Detection of vitamin B12 deficiency in older people by measuring vitamin B12 or the active fraction of vitamin B12, holotranscobalamin

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 963-970

  Clarke, Robert ^a,h   Sherliker, Paul ^a   Hin, Harold ^b   Nexo, Ebba ^c   Hvas, Anne Mette ^c   Schneede, Joern ^d   Birks, Jacqueline ^e   Ueland, Per M ^f   Emmens, Kathleen ^a   Scott, John M ^g   Molloy, Anne M ^g   Evans, John Grimley ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Hightown Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34248376360     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.080382     Document Type: Article

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