A comparison of folic acid pharmacokinetics in obese and nonobese women of childbearing age

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-340

  Stern, Seth J ^a,b   Matok, Ilan ^a   Kapur, Bhushan ^a,b,c   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Obesity; Pharmacokinetics; Therapeutic drug monitoring

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051739989     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e318219407a     Document Type: Article

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