Abstract:
:To determine the functional importance of the low B12 and red cell folate concentrations repeatedly observed in the elderly 200 consecutive patients admitted to a geriatric unit were studied. Forty six of the patients had low serum concentrations of B12 (15), red cell folate (26), or both (five). Serum B12 and red cell folate concentrations correlated with mean cell volume, and serum B12 correlated with the neutrophil lobe count. Bone marrow deoxyuridine suppression was abnormal in 35% of the patients with low vitamin concentrations, but 55% of those with abnormal deoxyuridine suppression had morphologically normal bone marrow, and 73% had a normal mean cell volume. In patients with low vitamin values the deoxyuridine suppressed value correlated with the haemoglobin concentration and neutrophil lobe count. Thus synthesis of thymidylate was impaired by vitamin B12 or folate deficiency in at least 8% of newly admitted elderly patients, many of whom had normal blood counts despite the biochemical disturbance affecting haemopoiesis. A nutritionally depleted diet may have been responsible for many of the low vitamin values.
journal_name
J Clin Patholjournal_title
Journal of clinical pathologyauthors
Blundell EL,Matthews JH,Allen SM,Middleton AM,Morris JE,Wickramasinghe SNdoi
10.1136/jcp.38.10.1179subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-10-01 00:00:00pages
1179-84issue
10eissn
0021-9746issn
1472-4146journal_volume
38pub_type
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doi:10.1136/jcp.45.1.30
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更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.45.12.1058
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更新日期:1968-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1984-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.49.3.254
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.24.7.658
更新日期:1971-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.30.4.356
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.2005.031716
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.46.6.551
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.15.6.552
更新日期:1962-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202622
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
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doi:10.1136/jcp.50.1.22
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
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doi:10.1136/jcp.52.12.928
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.36.10.1091
更新日期:1983-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
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更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1975-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.036624
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of clinical pathology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00