Maternal homocysteine and small-for-gestational-age offspring: Systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Hogeveen, Marije ^a   Blom, Henk J ^b   Den Heijer, Martin ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDLINE; PROGENY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84455191689     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.016212     Document Type: Article

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