Maternal red blood cell folate concentration at 10-12 weeks gestation and pregnancy outcome

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1423-1427

  Furness, Denise L F ^a   Yasin, Nooraishah ^b   Dekker, Gustaaf A ^a,b   Thompson, Steven D ^a   Roberts, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; preeclampsia; pregnancy; preterm birth; red blood cell folate; SGA

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863858548     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.636463     Document Type: Article

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