Red cell folate in elderly patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-163

  Cafolla, A ^a   Dragoni, F ^a   Girelli, G ^a   Tosti, M E ^b   Monarca, B ^a   Kendall, R ^c   Scott, C S ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Macrocytic anaemia; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Red cell folate

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; STOMACH DISEASE;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031685778     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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