Neural tube defects in the offspring of thalassemia carriers

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-7

  Ibba, Rosa Maria ^a   Zoppi, Maria Angelica ^a   Floris, Marcella ^a   Manca, Fabiola ^a   Axiana, Carolina ^a   Cao, Antonio ^c   Monni, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Italy)

^b Ospedale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Folates; Neural tube defects; Thalassemia carriers

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037255963     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066375     Document Type: Article

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