Vitamin B12 insufficiency and the risk of fetal neural tube defects

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Ray, J G ^b   Blom, H J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

AMNION FLUID; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETUS; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0344837893     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcg043     Document Type: Article

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