Serum vitamin B12 concentrations among mothers and newborns and follow-up study to assess implication on the growth velocity and the urinary methylmalonic acid excretion

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 79, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 297-307

  Hussein, Laila ^a   Aziz, Sahar Abdel ^a   Tapouzada, Salwa ^a   Boehles, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Full term newborns; Growth velocity; Maternal blood at labor; Serum vitamin B12; Urinary methylmalonic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; METHYLMALONIC ACIDURIA; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954697557     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.79.56.297     Document Type: Article

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