Plasma Folate, Vitamin B12 and Homocysteine Levels in Children with Solid Tumors at Diagnosis; Results from a Pediatric Referral Centre

Indian J Pediatr. 2016 May;83(5):483-4. doi: 10.1007/s12098-015-1892-2. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

Authors

Despoina N Maritsi¹, George Vartzelis¹, Helen Dana², Helen Kosmidis², Varvara Douna³, Lydia Kossiva⁴

Affiliations

¹ Second Department of Pediatrics, 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Medical School, Athens University, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Oncology, 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
³ Laboratory of Hematology, 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Second Department of Pediatrics, 'P. & A. Kyriakou' Children's Hospital, Medical School, Athens University, Athens, Greece. [email protected].

PMID: 26365156
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1892-2

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Carcinogenesis / metabolism
Case-Control Studies
Child, Preschool
Female
Folic Acid / blood*
Folic Acid Deficiency* / diagnosis
Folic Acid Deficiency* / metabolism
Greece
Homocysteine / blood*
Humans
Male
Neoplasms* / blood
Neoplasms* / pathology
Vitamin B 12 / blood*
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency* / diagnosis
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency* / metabolism

Substances

Homocysteine
Folic Acid
Vitamin B 12