Free and phospholipid-bound choline concentrations in serum during pregnancy, after delivery and in newborns

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 393-399

  Ozarda Ilcol, Y ^a   Uncu, G ^a   Ulus, I H ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Choline; Newborn; Phospholipid bound choline; Pregnancy; Prenatal

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DIET; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBSERVATION; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BLOOD; LABOR; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICS;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036901464     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.110.5.393.11832     Document Type: Article

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