Amniotic fluid B12 and folate levels associated with neural tube defects

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 511-514

  Dawson, Earl B ^a   Evans, Douglas R ^a   Van Hook, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; B12; Folate

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0032217206     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993975     Document Type: Article

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