Ambulatory Dysfunction Due to Unrecognized Pernicious Anemia

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Malizia, Robert W ^a   Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Chansky, Michael E ^a   Kirchhoff, Michael A ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cobalamin; intrinsic factor; megaloblastic anemia; pernicious anemia; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; COBALAMIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; FOLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SALBUTAMOL; THYROTROPIN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PARESIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77949876938     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.05.044     Document Type: Article

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