Does global hypomethylation contribute to susceptibility to neural tube defects?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1153-1154

  Finnell, Richard H ^a   Blom, Henk J ^b   Shaw, Gary M ^c  

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

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; EPIGENETICS; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERTHERMIA; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; METHYLATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77951955526     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29534     Document Type: Editorial

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