Kinetics of total plasma homocysteine in subjects with hyperhomocysteinemia due to folate or cobalamin deficiency1-3

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-202

  Guttormsen, Anne B ^a   Schneede, Jørn ^a   Ueland, Per M ^a   Refsum, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Folate deficiency; Homocysteine; Kinetics

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HALF-LIFE; HEMATINICS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030059785     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.2.194     Document Type: Article

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