Folate requirement in pregnancy.
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Folate requirement in pregnancy.
economic strata and are often residents of rural areas. Diet lacks high-class proteins and consists mostly of cereals and a small quantity of pulses. Very low levels of total serum proteins and albumin are noted in hospitalized patients. The presumptive evidence of protein malnutrition and deprivation is strong, unlike the cryptogenic types in Britain. Less than a quarter of patients give a his...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.5604.562