Clinical aspects of cobalamin deficiency in elderly patients. Epidemiology, causes, clinical manifestations, and treatment with special focus on oral cobalamin therapy

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 456-462

  Andrès, Emmanuel ^a   Vidal Alaball, Josep ^b,e   Federici, Laure ^a   Loukili, Noureddine Henoun ^c   Zimmer, Jacques ^d   Kaltenbach, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b National Public Health Service for   (United Kingdom)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Cobalamin deficiency; Elderly patients; Food cobalamin malabsorption; Oral cobalamin therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; BIGUANIDE; COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INGESTION; LANGUAGE; MALABSORPTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34547203954     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.02.013     Document Type: Review

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