An evaluation of the recording of folic acid use in the South West Congenital Anomaly Register

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 722-726

  Mytton, J ^a   Harrison, V ^b   McLoughlin, A ^c   Thompson, R ^c   Overton, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Avon Primary Care Research Collaborative   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Data collection; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Population surveillance; Registries

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 49949119121     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2034     Document Type: Article

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