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. 2017 Mar-Apr;22(124):41-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2017.02.010.

[What to do before a hypervitaminia B12 in the elderly]

[Article in French]
Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar  1 , Xavier Sui Seng  2 , Elise Duhamel  2 , Nadir Kadri  2 , Jean Doucet  2 , Emmanuel Andres  3
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[What to do before a hypervitaminia B12 in the elderly]

[Article in French]
Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar et al. Soins Gerontol. 2017 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Hypervitanimia B12 is an early marker of serious pathologies. These include solid neoplasms, malignant blood diseases and acute/chronic hepatopathies. Hypervitaminemia B12 in geriatrics is thereby an indicator in the diagnosis and prognosis of these conditions.

Keywords: elderly; hypervitaminia B12; hypervitaminémie B12; malignant diseases; mortality; mortalité; pathologies malignes; sujet âgé.

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