Symptomatic venous thromboembolism in elderly patients following major orthopedic surgery of the lower limb is associated with elevated vitamin B12 serum levels.

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Published in Clin Biochem on September 18, 2012

Authors

Anat Grossfeld1, Shmuel Dekel, Yaffa Lerman, Shany Sherman, Lihi Atzmony, Moshe Salai, Dan Justo

Author Affiliations

1: Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

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