Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cobalamin and folate disorders

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 496-513

  Devalia, Vinod ^a   Hamilton, Malcolm S ^b   Molloy, Anne M ^c  

^a PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Holotranscobalamin; Intrinsic factor antibody; Methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CELL VOLUME; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

COBALAMIN; FOLATE; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84904973617     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12959     Document Type: Article

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