Vitamin B 12 levels in pregnancy influence erythropoietin response to anemia

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Carretti, Nicola G ^a   Ditto, Antonino ^a   Guidoni, Claudio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anemia; Erythropoietin; Pregnancy; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0032219515     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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