Clinical utility of folic acid testing for patients with anemia or dementia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 824-826

  Ashraf, M Javed ^a,b   Cook, James R ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Dementia; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, MACROCYTIC; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43949140846     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0615-z     Document Type: Article

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