Vitamin A and birth defects

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-36

  Mills, J L ^a   Simpson, J L ^a   Cunningham, G C ^a   Conley, M R ^a   Rhoads, G G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Birth defects; Cranial neural crest defects; Neural tube defects; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENICITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0030805110     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70434-4     Document Type: Article

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