Amniotic fluid B12, calcium, and lead levels associated with neural tube defects

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 373-378

  Dawson, Earl B ^a,b   Evans, Douglas R ^a   Harris, William A ^a   Van Hook, James W ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Lead; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LEAD; METHIONINE; FOLIC ACID;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CALCIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEAD; MATERNAL AGE; METHIONINE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0033233264     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993887     Document Type: Article

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