Serum vitamin B12 levels in an adolescent population in Madrid;Concentración de vitamina B12 en suero en población puberal de la comunidad de Madrid

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Gil Prieto, R ^a   Esteban Hernandez J ^a   Hernandez Barrera V ^a   Cano, B ^b   De Oya, M ^b   Gil De Miguel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Grupo de Trabajo Ecografía SoMaMFyC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Spain; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 44149121270     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13120045     Document Type: Article

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