Transfer of folic acid inside the first-trimester gestational sac and the effect of maternal smoking

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58.e1-58.e6

  Jauniaux, Eric ^a   Johns, Jemma ^a   Gulbis, Beatrice ^b   Spasic Boskovic, Olivera ^c   Burton, Graham J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cotinine; fetus; first trimester; folic acid; maternal smoking

Indexed keywords

COTININE; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MESOTHELIUM CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 34347229717     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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