Serum vitamin B12, folate, and homocysteine levels and their association with clinical and electrophysiological parameters in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Kocer, B ^a   Engur, S ^a   Ak, F ^a   Yilmaz, M ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Folate; Homocysteine; Mean corpuscular volume; Multiple sclerosis; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPANDED DISABILITY STATUS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59349101736     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.05.015     Document Type: Article

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