Vitamin B12 status in patients of Turkish and Dutch descent with depression: A comparative cross-sectional study

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Güzelcan, Yener ^a,b   van Loon, Peter ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUTCH DESCENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TURKISH DESCENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 69849086518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-18     Document Type: Article

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