Homocysteine levels in Turkish children

Turkish Journal of Haematology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-82

  Altuntaş, Nilgün ^a   Soylu, Kazim ^a   Suskan, Emine ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 3142760967     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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