Determinants of urinary methylmalonic acid concentration in an elderly population in the United Kingdom

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 686-693

  Flatley, Janet E ^a   Garner, Clare M ^a   Al Turki, Maha ^a   Manning, Nigel J ^b   Olpin, Simon E ^b   Barker, Margo E ^a   Powers, Hilary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACIDEMIA; STOMACH FUNCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN INTAKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

UMMA;

EID: 84857810659     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.024133     Document Type: Article

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