Oral vitamin B12 versus intramuscular vitamin B12 for vitamin B12 deficiency

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Wang, Haiyan ^a   Li, Linyi ^b   Qin, Ling Ling ^a   Song, Yanan ^a   Vidal Alaball, Josep ^c   Liu, Tong Hua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF HEART   (China)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 85044006003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004655.pub3     Document Type: Review

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