Folates and Cobalamins

The folate and cobalamin vitamins are extensively analyzed in this volume multi-authored by international experts. A variety of perspectives covers biochemical, metabolic, nutritional, and other medical aspects. The clinical aspects deal with the various consequences of a deficiency in both infants and adults; the therapeutic aspects include studies on methotrexate pharmacokinetics. The relationship between these vitamins and some pediatric, gastroenterologic, neurologic, and geriatric diseases is successively presented in this book; it serves as a complete overview to the numerous fields in which folate and cobalamin are involved.