Acute presentation of dizziness in vitamin B12 deficient old patient of cardiac disease: A case report

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 2104-2106

  Singh, Bhawna ^a   Arora, Sarika ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Dizziness; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Neurological

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ACHILLES REFLEX; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HEART BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SKIN SENSATION; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; DIZZINESS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957753495     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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