Serum and red blood cell folate testing for folate deficiency: New features?

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 354-359

  De Bruyn, Edward ^a   Gulbis, Béatrice ^a   Cotton, Frédéric ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Folate; Folate deficiency; Homocysteine; RBC indices; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84896547236     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12237     Document Type: Article

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