Folate economy in pregnancy

Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 975-977

  Pietrzik, Klaus F ^a   Thorand, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folate; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0031446839     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(97)00340-7     Document Type: Review

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