Screening for metabolic vitamin B12 deficiency by holotranscobalamin in patients suspected of vitamin B12 deficiency: A multicentre study

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-189

  Heil, Sandra G ^a   de Jonge, Robert ^a   de Rotte, Maurits C F J ^a   van Wijnen, Merel ^b   Heiner Fokkema, Rebecca M R ^c   Kobold, Anneke C Muller ^c   Pekelharing, J Maurits M ^d   Adriaansen, Henk J ^e   Sanders, Edward ^f   Trienekens, Paul H ^g   Rammeloo, Ton ^h   Lindemans, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^f Bergen Op Zoom   (Netherlands)

^g Star MDC   (Netherlands)

^h Franciscus Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN DERIVATIVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84861488760     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2011.011039     Document Type: Article

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