Eye birth defects in humans may be caused by a recessively-inherited genetic predisposition to the effects of maternal vitamin A deficiency during pregnancy

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hornby, Stella J ^a   Ward, Simon J ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^c  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anophthalmos; Coloboma; Gene environment; Microphthalmos; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLINDNESS; COLOBOMA; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SYNDROME CHARGE; TERATOGENESIS; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANOPHTHALMOS; COLOBOMA; EYE ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROPHTHALMOS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0842288531     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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