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Holotranscobalamin as an indicator of dietary vitamin B12 deficiency

Zouë Lloyd-Wright1, Anne-Mette Hvas, Jan Møller

  • 1Nutrition Food and Health Research Centre, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg., 150 Stamford St., Waterloo, London SE1 9NN, United Kingdom.

Clinical Chemistry
|November 25, 2003
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