Serum cobalamin, folate, methylmalonic acid and total homocysteine as vitamin B12 and folate tissue deficiency markers amongst elderly Swedes - A population-based study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 423-432

  Bjorkegren K ^a,b,c   Svardsudd K ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skutskar Primary Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Multivitamin; Survey

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 0035724608     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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