Diagnosis and management of clinical and subclinical cobalamin deficiencies: Why controversies persist in the age of sensitive metabolic testing

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1047-1055

  Carmel, Ralph ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Cobalamin malabsorption; Holotranscobalamin; Methylmalonic acid; Subclinical cobalamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALABSORPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCLINICAL COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84875862741     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.02.008     Document Type: Review

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