Characteristics of patients admitted to internal medicine departments with high serum cobalamin levels: Results from a prospective cohort study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Brah, Souleymane ^a   Chiche, Laurent ^a   Mancini, Julien ^b,c   Meunier, Benoit ^a   Arlet, Jean Benoit ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Liver diseases; Malignancy; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COBALAMIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGE; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNAL MEDICINE DEPARTMENT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; PREVALENCE; RETICULOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALCOHOLISM; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84901595335     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.01.014     Document Type: Letter

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