Folic acid reduces risks of having fetus affected with neural tube defects: Dietary food folate and plasma folate concentration

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-559

  Kondo, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Kyousuke ^a   Isobe, Yasuaki ^a   Kamihira, Osamu ^a   Matsuura, Osamu ^a   Gotoh, Momokazu ^a   Okai, Ikuyo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dietary intake of folate; Neural tube defects; Plasma folate concentration

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DNA; FOLIC ACID; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0043032948     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.94.551     Document Type: Article

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