Low ratio of S-adenosylmethionine to S-adenosylhomocysteine is associated with vitamin deficiency in Brazilian pregnant women and newborns

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1312-1321

  Guerra Shinohara, Elvira M ^a   Morita, Olga E ^b   Peres, Sabrina ^a   Pagliusi, Regina A ^c   Sampaio Neto, Luiz F ^d   D'Almeida, Vânia ^e   Irazusta, Silvia P ^f   Allen, Robert H ^g   Stabler, Sally P ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Secretaria da Saúde do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Newborns; Pregnant women; S adenosylhomocysteine; S adenosylmethionine

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; VITAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METHYLATION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FETUS BLOOD; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; ROC CURVE; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 16544367580     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.5.1312     Document Type: Article

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