Evaluation of total plasma homocysteine in Indian newborns using heel-prick samples

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 503-508

  Rama Devi, Radha A ^a,b   Naushad, S M ^a   Prasad, Krishna C ^a  

^a Center for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics   (India)

^b Diagnostic Division   (India)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; HPLC; Indian newborns; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 33746677022     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02759895     Document Type: Article

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