Spurious elevations of vitamin B12 with pernicious anemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1742-1743

  Yang, David T ^a   Cook, Rachel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; MACROGOL; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84860438804     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1201655     Document Type: Letter

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