Cobalamin status in children

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-119

  Bjørke Monsen, Anne Lise ^a   Ueland, Magne ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; METFORMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79955832562     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9119-1     Document Type: Review

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