Maternal use of nutritional supplements during the first month of pregnancy and decreased risk of Down's syndrome: Case-control study

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 698-704

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a   Puhó, Erzsébet ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Case control study; Down's syndrome; Folic acid; Iron; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutations; Mitochondrial gene mutations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRISOMY 21;

ABNORMALITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 19544369325     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

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