Reduction of urinary tract and cardiovascular defects by periconceptional multivitamin supplementation

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-183

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,b  

^a National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^b OKI National Institute for Public Education Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

congenital cardiovascular malformations; neural tube defects; periconceptional multivitamin supplementation; urinary tract defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UROLOGIC DISEASES; VITAMINS;

EID: 0029965863     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960315)62:2<179::AID-AJMG12>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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