Clinical B12 deficiency in one case of recurrent spontaneous pregnancy loss

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1026-1027

  Candito, Mirande ^a   Magnaldo, Sarah ^b   Bayle, Jacques ^c   Dor, Jean François ^b   Gillet, Yves ^d   Bongain, André ^d   Van Obberghen, Emmanuel ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c University of Côte d'Azur   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IRON; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MEASUREMENT; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; GENETICS; MUTATION; RECURRENT ABORTION;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0042354172     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.157     Document Type: Article

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