Congenital defects, folic-acid, and homoeobox genes

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9025, 1996, Pages 419-420

  Milunsky, Aubrey ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; RETINOL; ZINC;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 0029821913     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)64532-1     Document Type: Note

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