Algorithm for the early diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly people;Algoritmo para el diagnóstico precoz de la deficiencia de vitamina B12 en ancianos

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1447-1452

  Palacios, Gonzalo ^a   Sola, Ricardo ^b,c   Barrios, Laura ^d   Pietrzik, Klaus ^e   Castillo, Manuel J ^b   González Gross, Marcela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d CSIC Centro Tecnico de Informatica CTI   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Algorithms; B12 deficiency; Biomarkers; Diagnostic accuracy; Elderly

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84887858213     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2013.28.5.6821     Document Type: Article

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