Serum vitamin B12 concentrations within reference values do not exclude functional vitamin B12 deficiency in PKU patients of various ages

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-17

  Vugteveen, Inge ^a,b   Hoeksma, Marieke ^a,b   Monsen, Anne Lise Bjorke ^c   Fokkema, M Rebecca ^b   Reijngoud, Dirk Jan ^b   van Rijn, Margreet ^a   van Spronsen, Francjan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Metabolic control; Methylmalonic acid; Phenylketonuria; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PHENYLKETONURIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PHENYLKETONURIAS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650854677     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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