Serum B12 concentration is elevated in patients receiving chronic parenteral nutrition, but is not a marker of intestinal failure-associated liver disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 571-574

  Elkhatib, Imad ^a   Cao, Wenqing ^a   Rao, Sambasiva ^a   Fryer, Jonathon ^a   Buchman, Alan L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

liver disease; parenteral nutrition; vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM RESECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUM; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 77955983841     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181d7723b     Document Type: Article

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