Cobalamin and folate status in 6 to 35 months old children presenting with acute diarrhea in Bhaktapur, Nepal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ulak, Manjeswori ^a,b   Chandyo, Ram K ^a,c   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^c   Sharma, Pushpa R ^c   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^a   Refsum, Helga ^d   Strand, Tor A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84896967778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090079     Document Type: Article

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