Serum vitamin B12, folate and plazma homocysteine levels in the elderly;Yaşlilarda serum B12 vi̇tami̇ni̇, folat ve plazma homosi̇stėin düzeyleri̇

Turk Geriatri Dergisi

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-64

  Özdem, Sebahat ^a   Gültekin, Meral ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33748095385     PISSN: 13042947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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