Maternal total homocysteine concentration and neonatal size in India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-181

  Yajnik, Chittaranjan S ^a,d   Deshpande, Swapna S ^a   Panchanadikar, Anjali V ^a   Naik, Sadanand S ^a   Deshpande, Jyoti A ^a   Coyaji, Kurus J ^a   Fall, Caroline ^b   Refsum, Helga ^c  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d King Edward Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Folate; India; Neonatal size; Total Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; SHORT STATURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 20044380969     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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