Homocysteine and neural tube defects

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Mills, James L ^a   Scott, John M ^b   Kirke, Peadar N ^c   McPartlin, Joseph M ^b   Conley, Mary R ^a   Weir, Donald G ^b   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Lee, Young Jack ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

birth defect; folate; folic acid; homocysteine; neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RATS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0029937753     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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