Red blood cell folate and serum vitamin B12 status in children with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-169

  Kennedy, Tay S ^a,b   Fung, Ellen B ^a,b,c   Kawchak, Deborah A ^a,b   Zemel, Babette S ^a,b   Ohene Frempong, Kwaku ^a   Stallings, Virginia A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary intake; Folate; Nutritional status; Sickle cell anemia; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0035063538     PISSN: 01928562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200103000-00009     Document Type: Article

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