• Medicine
• Published in
  American journal of…
  1990
• DOI:10.1002/ajh.2830340206

Subtle and atypical cobalamin deficiency states.

@article{Carmel1990SubtleAA,
  title={Subtle and atypical cobalamin deficiency states.},
  author={Ralph Carmel},
  journal={American journal of hematology},
  year={1990},
  volume={34 2},
  pages={
          108-14
        }
}

• Ralph Carmel

Evidence for cobalamin (vitamin B12) deficiency usually involves some combination of low serum cobalamin levels, clinical abnormalities (classically, megaloblastic anemia and neurologic defects), metabolic abnormalities, and response to therapy. However, cobalamin deficiency may often display few of the expected clinical findings. Identification of the underlying cause is also important in the diagnosis of deficiency, and its value may be particularly great when the expression of deficiency is… CONTINUE READING

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