Neural tube defects, micronutrient deficiencies, and Helicobacter pylori: A new hypothesis

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 617-621

  Felkner, Marilyn ^a   Suarez, Lucina ^a   Liszka, Beata ^a   Brender, Jean D ^b   Canfield, Mark ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Ferritin; Folic acid; Helicobacter pylori; Mexican Americans; Micronutrients; Neural tube defects; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODY; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FOLIC ACID; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; VITAMIN B 12;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34548065472     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20382     Document Type: Article

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