Geographic and temporal analysis of folate-sensitive fetal malformations

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 298-301

  Gordon, Trent E J ^a   Leeth, Elizabeth A ^a   Nowinski, Cynthia J ^a   MacGregor, Scott N ^a   Kambich, Michelle ^a   Silver, Richard K ^a,b  

^a Research and Education   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal malformations; Folic acid; Geographic clustering

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DATA BASE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABNORMALITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROSCHISIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0038350450     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(03)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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