Cases in primary care laboratory medicine. Macrocytosis: Pitfalls in testing and summary of guidance

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7625, 2007, Pages 884-886

  Galloway, Michael ^a   Hamilton, Malcolm ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35949000475     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39325.689641.471     Document Type: Article

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