Prevention of neural tube defects: Results of the Medical Research Council Vitamin Study

The Lancet

Volumn 338, Issue 8760, 1991, Pages 131-137

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ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG EVALUATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TABLETS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0025863475     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90133-A     Document Type: Article

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