Vitamin A, folate, and choline as a possible preventive intervention to fetal alcohol syndrome

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 489-493

  Ballard, Mark S ^a   Sun, Muxin ^b   Ko, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ALCOHOL; BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; AVITAMINOSIS; CHOLINE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84858153100     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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