Low serum vitamin B12 is associated with recurrent pregnancy loss in Syrian women

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1265-1269

  Hübner, Ulrich ^a   Alwan, Ahmad ^b   Jouma, Muhidin ^b   Tabbaa, Mohammad ^c   Schorr, Heike ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c University Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Recurrent pregnancy loss; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SYRIA; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 51849085652     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.247     Document Type: Article

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