Folate and asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-17

  Blatter, Joshua ^a   Han, Yueh Ying ^a   Forno, Erick ^a   Brehm, John ^a   Bodnar, Lisa ^b,c   Celedón, Juan C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma morbidity; Folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CELL MATURATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLATE METABOLISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TH2 CELL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84880148299     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201302-0317PP     Document Type: Review

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