Prevention of NTDs with periconceptional multivitamin supplementation containing folic acid in China

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 592-596

  Chen, Gong ^a   Song, Xinming ^a   Ji, Ying ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Pei, Lijun ^a   Chen, Jiapeng ^a   Liu, Jufen ^a   Li, Chengfu ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Multivitamin containing folic acid; Neural tube defects; Periconceptional supplementation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; MULTIVITAMIN; NICOTINAMIDE; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CHINA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 50249142280     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20471     Document Type: Article

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