Biomarkers of folate and vitamin B12 are related in blood and cerebrospinal fluid

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 326-333

  Obeid, Rima ^a   Kostopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Knapp, Jean Pierre ^a   Kasoha, Mariz ^a   Becker, George ^a   Fassbender, Klaus ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ADULT; AGING; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYSTATHIONINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33847380640     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.076448     Document Type: Article

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