Low serum folate and vitamin B-6 are associated with an altered cancellous bone structure in humans

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1440-1445

  Holstein, Joerg H ^a   Herrmann, Markus ^a,b   Splett, Christina ^a   Herrmann, Wolfgang ^a   Garcia, Patric ^a   Histing, Tina ^a   Graeber, Stefan ^a   Ong, Mei Fang ^a   Kurz, Karsten ^c   Siebel, Thomas ^c   Menger, Michael D ^a   Pohlemann, Tim ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE TARTRATE RESISTANT ISOENZYME; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRUCTURE; CANCELLOUS BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OSSIFICATION; PYRIDOXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRABECULAR BONE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B 6 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 70350639212     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28116     Document Type: Article

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