Combined cobalamin and iron deficiency anemia: A diagnostic approach using a model based on age and homocysteine assessment

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 527-531

  Remacha, Angel F ^a   Sarda M P ^a   Canals, C ^a   Queralto J M ^a   Zapico, E ^a   Remacha, J ^a   Carrascosa, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Iron deficiency; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877029839     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-012-1634-8     Document Type: Article

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