Efficacy of oral cobalamin (vitamin B12) therapy

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-256

  Andrès, Emmanuel ^a   Fothergill, Helen ^a,b   Mecili, Mustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Cobalamin deficiency; Food cobalamin malabsorption; Pernicious anemia; Treatment; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABSORPTION; AGED; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 76749150406     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656560903456053     Document Type: Review

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