Relationship between total homocysteine and folate levels in pregnant women and their newborn babies according to maternal serum levels of vitamin B12

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 784-791

  Guerra Shinohara, Elvira M ^a   Paiva, Adriana A ^a   Rondó, Patrícia H C ^a   Yamasaki, K átia ^a   Terzi, Carolina A ^b   D'Almeida, V ânia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETUS BLOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0036637392     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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