Controlled study on folate status following folic acid supplementation and discontinuation in women of child-bearing age

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-234

  Bakker, D Joyce ^a   De Jong van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^b   Fokkema, M Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PLASMA; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249134894     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2009.008207     Document Type: Article

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