Vitamin B12 and methylmalonic acid levels in patients presenting with polyneuropathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-535

  Nardin, Rachel A ^a   Amick, Amy N H ^a   Raynor, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanocobalamin; Methylmalonic acid; Peripheral nervous system disease; Polyneuropathy; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE BIOPSY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; POLYNEUROPATHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 34848878626     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20845     Document Type: Article

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