Elevated serum methylmalonic acid. How much comes from cobalamin deficiency and how much comes from the kidneys?

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-19

  Lindgren, Anders ^a  

^a BORÅS HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CREATININE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0036191376     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655102753517154     Document Type: Article

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