Vitamin B12 and folate serum levels in newly admitted psychiatric patients

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-67

  Lerner, Vladimir ^a,c   Kanevsky, Michael ^a   Dwolatzky, Tzvi ^a   Rouach, Tsvi ^b   Kamin, Ram ^a   Miodownik, Chanoch ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Outpatient Clinic Meuhedet   (Israel)

^c MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Depression; Folic acid; Mental disorders; Serum level

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33144489575     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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