Update on oral cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) treatment in elderly patients

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 927-932

  Andrès, Emmanuel ^a,c   Vogel, Thomas ^a   Federici, Laure ^a   Zimmer, Jacques ^b   Kaltenbach, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanocobalamin, therapeutic use; Elderly

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

AGING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 54549083360     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/0002512-200825110-00003     Document Type: Review

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