Megaloblastic anaemia, cobalamin, and folate.
Open Access
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 40 (9) , 978-984
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.40.9.978
Abstract
Developments relating to cobalamin and folate are reviewed. Current work on the relations between these two coenzymes are discussed, particularly those that have emerged in studies using nitrous oxide, which inactivates cobalamin.Keywords
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