Plasma total homocysteine level in mothers of children with clubfoot

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 658-660

  Karakurt, Lokman ^a,b   Yilmaz, Erhan ^a   Serin, Erhan ^a   Bektaş, Bülent ^a   Çikim, Gürkan ^a   Gürsu, Ferit ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congenital idiopathic clubfoot; Pathogenesis; Plasma total homocysteine level

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MOTHER; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041419452     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200309000-00016     Document Type: Article

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