Nucleic acid composition of bone marrow mononuclear cells in cobalamin deficiency

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2065-2070

  Ramsahoye, B H ^a,b   Burnett, A K ^a   Taylor, C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; COBALAMIN; CYTOSINE; NUCLEIC ACID; URACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030039395     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.5.2065.2065     Document Type: Article

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