The role of folic acid in prevention of neural tube defects caused by high dose progesterone

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Iqbal, Iram ^a   Qamar, Khadija ^a   Butt, Shadab Ahmad ^a   Hayder, Omar ^b   Saeed, Ifra ^a   Noor, Umbreen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Folic acid; Neural tube closure; Neural tube defects; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE RESPONSE; INJECTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLIC ACID; INJECTIONS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROGESTERONE; SPINAL CORD; VITAMINS;

EID: 84861125107     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4108-11.1     Document Type: Article

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