Choline and betaine in health and disease

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-15

  Ueland, Per Magne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BETAINE; CARBON; CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN;

BHMT GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARBON METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSMOREGULATION; OXIDATION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EATING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; DISEASE; EATING; HEALTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 79955864329     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: 15732665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9088-4     Document Type: Review

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