[Clinical Hematological Symptoms of Vitamin B Deficiency in Old Age : Summarized Overview of This Year's Symposium of the Working Group "Anemia in the Aged" on the Occasion of the Annual Conference of the German Geriatric Society (DGG) in Frankfurt]

Overview

Journal Z Gerontol Geriatr

Publisher Springer

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2018 May 26

PMID 29796870

Citations 2

Authors

Gabriele Rohrig

Ines Gutgemann

Gerald Kolb

Andreas Leischker

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Abstract

The interdisciplinary symposium of the working group "anemia in the aged" on the occasion of the annual conference of the German Society of Geriatrics focused this year on vitamin B deficiency in aged patients. Experts from hematopathology, clinical geriatrics and geriatric hematology presented the case of a 78-year-old woman and an interdisciplinary discussion was held on the epidemiology, clinical aspects as well as diagnostic and therapeutic steps. This article reviews the symposium on vitamin B deficiency in the aged in the context of the currently available literature.

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