Cobalamin and folic acid status in relation to the etiopathogenesis of pancytopenia in adults at a tertiary care centre in north India

Anemia

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Premkumar, M ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Singh, T ^a   Velpandian, T ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 84873858467     PISSN: 20901267     EISSN: 20901275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/707402     Document Type: Article

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