Cobalamin de®ciency seems to be a relatively common condition in psychogeriatric patients. To elucidate the diagnostic possibility of cobalamin de®ciency we have in this study analysed three markers for cobalamin de®ciency, plasma methylmalonic acid, plasma homocysteine and serum cobalamin, in 96 ps
Plasma homocysteine in relation to serum cobalamin and blood folate in a psychogeriatric population
✍ Scribed by K. NILSSON; L. GUSTAFSON; R. FÄLDT; A. ANDERSSON; B. HULTBERG
- Book ID
- 114727338
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 719 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2972
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