Folate and cobalamin in psychiatric illness

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 305-314

  Hutto, Burton R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ALCOHOLISM; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0030730528     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-440X(97)90925-1     Document Type: Article

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