Detection of melatonin and homocysteine simultaneously in ulcerative colitis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 30-33

  Chen, Moli ^a   Mei, Qiao ^a   Xu, Jianming ^a   Lu, Chunxia ^a   Fang, Haiming ^a   Liu, Xiaochang ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Melatonin; Ulcerative colitis; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 82955187803     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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