Acta Med. 2001, 44: 37-39

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.85

Determination of Serum B12 Vitamin and Folic Acid Levels in Patient with Stroke

Necat Yılmaza, Mustafa Yılmazb, Sadrettin Pençec, Jale Özaslana, Hasan Koçoğlud, Gözen Yılmaze

aUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Turkey
bUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Turkey
cUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Turkey
dUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anestesiology and Reanimation, Turkey
eUniversity of Gaziantep, Faculty of Medicine, Tanı Radiodiagnostic Center, Turkey

Received September 1, 2000
Accepted January 1, 2001

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