Maternal folate-related gene environment interactions and congenital heart defects

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-322

  Hobbs, Charlotte A ^a   Cleves, Mario A ^a   Karim, Mohammad A ^a   Zhao, Weizhi ^a   MacLeod, Stewart L ^a  

^a Hospital Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); TRANSCOBALAMIN II;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OBESITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TRANSCOBALAMINS;

EID: 77955152092     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e80979     Document Type: Article

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