High frequency of maternal vitamin B12 deficiency as an important cause of infantile vitamin B12 deficiency in Sanliurfa province of Turkey

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 291-297

  Koc, Ahmet ^a   Kocyigit, Abdurrahim ^a   Soran, Mustafa ^a   Demir, Nihat ^a   Sevinc, Eylem ^a   Erel, Ozcan ^a   Mil, Zeki ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sanliurfa Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Infant; Pregnancy; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COLORIMETRY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TURKEY; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33746677911     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-006-0598-7     Document Type: Article

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