High intake of folic acid disrupts embryonic development in mice

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-19

  Pickell, Laura ^a   Brown, Katharine ^a,c   Li, Deqiang ^a,d   Wang, Xiao Ling ^a   Deng, Liyuan ^a   Wu, Qing ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^b   Luo, Li ^a   Jerome Majewska, Loydie ^a   Rozen, Rima ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital defects; Developmental delay; High folate; MTHFR; Ventricular septal defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREGNANCY;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78751508134     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20754     Document Type: Article

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