Maternal and fetal levels of methionine and homocysteine in early human pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-24

  Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a   Wathen, Neville C ^b   Eskes, Tom K A B ^a   van Raaij Selten, Bertie ^b   Chard, Tim ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

EID: 0031016421     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10642.x     Document Type: Article

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