Laboratory evaluation for vitamin B12 deficiency: The case for cascade testing

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-15

  Berg, Richard L ^a   Shaw, Gene R ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Holotranscobalamin; Methylmalonic acid blood; Nutritional status; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874181463     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: 15546179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2012.1112     Document Type: Article

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