Haematinic deficiency and macrocytosis in middle-aged and older adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  McNamee, Therese ^a   Hyland, Trish ^b   Harrington, Janas ^a   Cadogan, Sharon ^a   Honari, Bahman ^c   Perera, Kanthi ^d   Fitzgerald, Anthony P ^a   Perry, Ivan J ^a   Cahill, Mary R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d Tullamore General Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; CELIAC ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HAEMATINIC DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRELAND; IRON DEFICIENCY; LIFESTYLE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRELAND; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SMOKING; THYROTROPIN; TRANSAMINASES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84892387958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077743     Document Type: Article

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