Diagnostic accuracy of holotranscobalamin, methylmalonic acid, serum cobalamin, and other indicators of tissue vitamin B12 status in the elderly

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 856-863

  Valente, Edward ^a   Scott, John M ^b   Ueland, Per Magne ^c,d   Cunningham, Conal ^e   Casey, Miriam ^e   Molloy, Anne M ^b  

^a Axis Shield Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957754169     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.158154     Document Type: Article

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