Cobalamin and haptocorrin in human milk and cobalamin-related variables in mother and child: A 9-mo longitudinal study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-395

  Greibe, Eva ^a   Lildballe, Dorte L ^a   Streym, Súsanna ^a   Vestergaard, Peter ^a,b,c   Rejnmark, Lars ^a   Mosekilde, Leif ^a   Nexo, Ebba ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; HAPTOCORRIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENMARK; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881242515     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.058479     Document Type: Article

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