Metabolic syndrome features and risk of neural tube defects

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ray, Joel G ^a   Thompson, Miles D ^b   Vermeulen, Marian J ^b   Meier, Chris ^c   Wyatt, Philip R ^d   Wong, Pui Yuen ^b   Summers, Anne M ^c   Farrell, Sandra A ^e   Cole, David E C ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d York Central Hospital Richmond Hill   (Canada)

^e CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35448991692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-7-21     Document Type: Article

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