Role of vitamin B12 in anemia in old age

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1167-1168

  Andrès, Emmanuel ^a   Federici, Laure ^b  

^a HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BLOOD; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANEMIA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 67649470525     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.167     Document Type: Letter

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