Update on vitamin B12 deficiency

American Family Physician

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1425-1430

  Langan, Robert C ^a   Zawistoski, Kimberly J ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HOMOCYSTEINE; METFORMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALABSORPTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79959471895     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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