Folate, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6 and homocysteine: Impact on pregnancy outcome

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-166

  Furness, Denise ^a   Fenech, Michael ^b   Dekker, Gustaaf ^c   Khong, T Yee ^c   Roberts, Claire ^a   Hague, William ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Folate; Homocysteine; Low birth weight; Pregnancy and nutrition; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA DAMAGE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84875052544     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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