Vitamin B12 absorption judged by measurement of holotranscobalamin, active vitamin B12: Evaluation of a commercially available EIA kit

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1883-1885

  Greibe, Eva ^a   Nexo, Ebba ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active B12; B12 absorption; Holotranscobalamin; Method evaluation

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOLOTRANSCOBALAMIN; TRANSCOBALAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; EIA KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 80755168444     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.754     Document Type: Article

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