Hungarian cohort-controlled trial of periconceptional multivitamin supplementation shows a reduction in certain congenital abnormalities

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 853-861

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a,c   Dobó, Márta ^b   Vargha, Péter ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF HEREDITARY DISEASES   (Hungary)

^b National Center for Health Promotion and Development   (Hungary)

^c NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular malformation; Folic acid; Multivitamin supplementation; Neural tube defects; Urinary tract defects

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLEFT FACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FETUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLEMENTATION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 10044224512     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20086     Document Type: Article

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