Determination of vitamin B12in serum: Recommendations for test request and result interpretation;Determinazione della vitamina B12 nel siero: Indicazioni per la richiesta e l'interpretazione dei risultati

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-329

  Ferraro, Simona ^a   Dolci, Alberto ^a   Mozzi, Roberta ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84906492056     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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