Vitamin B12 screening in metformin-treated diabetics in primary care: were elderly patients less likely to be tested?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 135-139

  Fogelman, Yacov ^a,b   Kitai, Eliezer ^a,c   Blumberg, Gari ^a,c   Golan Cohen, Avivit ^a,c   Rapoport, Micha ^a,d   Carmeli, Eli ^e  

^a Leumit Health Care Services   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Metformin treated patients; Primary care physician; Vitamin B12 screening

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; METFORMIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPATHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETINOPATHY; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGE; AGED; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; ISRAEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; ISRAEL; MALE; METFORMIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84975705273     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-016-0546-1     Document Type: Article

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