Cobalamin supplements for infants: A shot in the cradle?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1149-1150

  Green, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; METHYLMALONIC ACID; METHYLMALONYL COENZYME A MUTASE; SUCCINYL COENZYME A;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; ENERGY YIELD; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HOMOCYSTEINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MALE; VOMITING;

EID: 84886255541     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.074054     Document Type: Editorial

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