Cobalamin status during normal pregnancy and postpartum: A longitudinal study comprising 406 Danish women

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 521-525

  Milman, Nils ^a,c   Byg, Keld Erik ^a   Bergholt, Thomas ^a   Eriksen, Lisbeth ^a   Hvas, Anne Mette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Homocysteine; Lactation; Methylmalonic acid; Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; REFERENCE VALUES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33646515748     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2006.t01-1-EJH2550.x     Document Type: Article

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