Citation
Andrès, Emmanuel, et al. "Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) Deficiency in Elderly Patients." CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne, vol. 171, no. 3, 2004, pp. 251-9.
Andrès E, Loukili NH, Noel E, et al. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in elderly patients. CMAJ. 2004;171(3):251-9.
Andrès, E., Loukili, N. H., Noel, E., Kaltenbach, G., Abdelgheni, M. B., Perrin, A. E., Noblet-Dick, M., Maloisel, F., Schlienger, J. L., & Blicklé, J. F. (2004). Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in elderly patients. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne, 171(3), 251-9.
Andrès E, et al. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) Deficiency in Elderly Patients. CMAJ. 2004 Aug 3;171(3):251-9. PubMed PMID: 15289425.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency in elderly patients.
AU - Andrès,Emmanuel,
AU - Loukili,Noureddine Henoun,
AU - Noel,Esther,
AU - Kaltenbach,Georges,
AU - Abdelgheni,Maher Ben,
AU - Perrin,Anne Elisabeth,
AU - Noblet-Dick,Marie,
AU - Maloisel,Frédéric,
AU - Schlienger,Jean-Louis,
AU - Blicklé,Jean-Frédéric,
PY - 2004/8/4/pubmed
PY - 2004/9/17/medline
PY - 2004/8/4/entrez
SP - 251
EP - 9
JF - CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
JO - CMAJ
VL - 171
IS - 3
N2 - Vitamin B12 or cobalamin deficiency occurs frequently (> 20%) among elderly people, but it is often unrecognized because the clinical manifestations are subtle; they are also potentially serious, particularly from a neuropsychiatric and hematological perspective. Causes of the deficiency include, most frequently, food-cobalamin malabsorption syndrome (> 60% of all cases), pernicious anemia (15%-20% of all cases), insufficient dietary intake and malabsorption. Food-cobalamin malabsorption, which has only recently been identified as a significant cause of cobalamin deficiency among elderly people, is characterized by the inability to release cobalamin from food or a deficiency of intestinal cobalamin transport proteins or both. We review the epidemiology and causes of cobalamin deficiency in elderly people, with an emphasis on food-cobalamin malabsorption syndrome. We also review diagnostic and management strategies for cobalamin deficiency.
SN - 0820-3946
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/15289425/full_citation
L2 - http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15289425
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -