Occult cobalamin and folate deficiency in Indians

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 182-183

  Khanduri, Uma ^a   Sharma, Archna ^a   Joshi, Arti ^a  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 26844541693     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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