Methylmalonic acid and homocysteine assessment in the detection of vitamin B12 deficiency in patients with bilateral visual loss

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pott, Jan W R ^a   Klein Wassink Ruiter, Jolien S ^a   Van Vliet, Annemiek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; LETTER; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL VALUE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84860448146     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02342.x     Document Type: Letter

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