Folate metabolism pathway and Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in pregnancy

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Chango, Abalo ^a   Abdennebi Najar, Latifa ^a  

^a INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE LASALLE BEAUVAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Folate; Intrauterine growth retardation; Low birth weight; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 78650769511     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2010.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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