Cobalamin deficiency during pregnancy expressed as elevated urine methylmalonic acid levels determined by a photometric assay

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 139-143

  Ipçiǧlu, Osman Metin ^a   Gültepe, Mustafa ^a   Özcan, Ömer ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cobalamin deficiency; Pregnancy; Urine MMA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOASSAY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PATHOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; METHYLMALONIC ACID (MMA); PREGNANCY; URINE MMA;

VITAMINS;

CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34347273059     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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