Folate: Is too much of a good thing harmful?

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-87

  Mullin, Gerard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; METHIONINE; METHOTREXATE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; COGNITION; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PROSTATE CANCER; PSORIASIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 79551703651     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533610392238     Document Type: Article

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