Diagnostic value of oral "beefy red" patch combined with fingertip blood mean corpuscular volume in vitamin B12 deficiency

• Main Authors: Xiaoheng Xu (Author), Yang Liu (Author), Xiaoqin Xiong (Author), Yanmei Yao (Author), Huiting Hu (Author), Xiao Jiang (Author), Wenxia Meng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives To investigate the diagnostic value of accessible fingertip mean corpuscular volume (MCV) combined with a visible "beefy red" patch in the diagnosis of vitamin B12 (VB12) deficiency in local clinics and hospitals without in-house clinical laboratories, especially in rem...