Maternal serum folate species in early pregnancy and risk of preterm birth

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 864-871

  Bodnar, Lisa M ^a,d   Himes, Katherine P ^b,d   Venkataramanan, Raman ^b,c   Chen, Jia Yuh ^a   Evans, Rhobert W ^a   Meyer, Jennifer L ^a   Simhan, Hyagriv N ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; METABOLISM; NEGRO; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUCOVORIN; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 78049449687     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29675     Document Type: Article

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