Plasma and red cell reference intervals of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate of healthy adults in whom biochemical functional deficiencies of folate and vitamin B had been excluded

Advances in Hematology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sobczyńska Malefora, Agata ^a   Harrington, Dominic J ^a   Voong, Kieran ^a   Shearer, Martin J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893798224     PISSN: 16879104     EISSN: 16879112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/465623     Document Type: Article

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