Hypervitaminemia B12 in elderly patients: Frequency and nature of the associated or linked conditions. Preliminary results of a study in 190 patients

Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar; Alexandre Sebaux; Moustapha Dramé; Jean-Loup Pennaforte; Jean-Luc Novella; Emmanuel Andrès

doi:10.1016/j.ejim.2015.09.007

Hypervitaminemia B12 in elderly patients: Frequency and nature of the associated or linked conditions. Preliminary results of a study in 190 patients

Eur J Intern Med. 2015 Dec;26(10):e63-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.09.007. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

Authors

Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar¹, Alexandre Sebaux¹, Moustapha Dramé², Jean-Loup Pennaforte³, Jean-Luc Novella¹, Emmanuel Andrès⁴

Affiliations

¹ Département de Médecine Interne et Gériatrie, CHU de Reims, 51000 Reims, France.
² Unité d'aide Méthodologique, CHU de Reims, 51000 Reims, France.
³ Département de Médecine Interne, CHU de Reims, 51000 Reims, France.
⁴ Service de de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies métaboliques, CHRU de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26410155
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2015.09.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Hematological disorders; Hypervitaminemia B12; Liver disorders; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significant; Neoplasia; Renal failure.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Autoimmune Diseases / blood*
Female
France / epidemiology
Hematologic Diseases / blood*
Humans
Liver Diseases / blood*
Male
Metabolic Diseases* / blood
Metabolic Diseases* / diagnosis
Metabolic Diseases* / epidemiology
Metabolic Diseases* / etiology
Neoplasms* / blood
Neoplasms* / pathology
Prevalence
Prognosis
Renal Insufficiency / blood*
Statistics as Topic
Vitamin B 12 / blood*

Substances

Vitamin B 12