Methyltetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism, folic acid, and B12 in a sample of patients with depressive and anxiety symptoms

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-125

  Fathy, Heba ^a   El Mawella, Sherine Mohamed Abd ^a   Abdou, Hoda ^a   Adel, Ashraf ^a   Abdou, Amal ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Folic acid; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859738751     PISSN: 20905408     EISSN: 20905416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.XME.0000395563.70945.52     Document Type: Article

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