Folate fortification and supplementation do not provide vascular health benefits in type 1 diabetes

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-260

  Peña, Alexia Sophie ^a,b   Maftei, Oana ^b   Dowling, Kate ^b   Gent, Roger ^b   Wiltshire, Esko ^c   Mackenzie, Karen ^b   Couper, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84879414561     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.12.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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