Early biochemical and hematological response to intramuscular cyanocobalamin therapy in vitamin B12-deficient patients

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-353

  Mansoor, M Azam ^a   Stea, Tonje Holte ^a   Schneede, Jørn ^c   Reine, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aminothiols; Cobalamin; Cyanocobalamin; Cysteine; Mean cell volume; Methylmalonic acid; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

AMINOTHIOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; COBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTEINE; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84879767735     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000347065     Document Type: Article

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