Periconceptional use of folic acid and risk of miscarriage - Findings of the oral cleft prevention program in Brazil

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-466

  Vila Nova, Camila ^a,b   Wehby, George L ^c   Queiros, Fernanda C ^d   Chakraborty, Hrishkesh ^e   Felix, Temis M ^f   Goco, Norman ^g   Moore, Janet ^g   Gewehr, Eduardo V ^b   Lins, Lorene ^b   Affonso, Carla M C ^b   Murray, Jeffrey C ^h  

^a Jorge Amado University Center   (Brazil)

^b Center of Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (Centrinho)   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Folic acid; Orofacial clefts; Risk; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH MALFORMATION; OROFACIAL CLEFT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; BRAZIL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881566580     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0173     Document Type: Article

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