Is dietary intake of methionine associated with a reduction in risk for neural tube defect-affected pregnancies?

Teratology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-299

  Shaw, Gary M ^a,d   Velie, Ellen M ^b   Schaffer, Donna M ^c  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METHIONINE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031453951     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199711)56:5<295::AID-TERA1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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