An investigation of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly inpatients in neurology department

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Wang, Yu Hui ^a   Yan, Fang ^a   Zhang, Wen Bo ^a   Ye, Gang ^a   Zheng, Yun Yun ^a   Zhang, Xu Hua ^a   Shao, Fu Yuan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI PUNAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly inpatients; Neurology; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DARKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEMIA, MEGALOBLASTIC; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 68849116176     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-009-0224-9     Document Type: Article

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