Methylation metabolites in amniotic fluid depend on gestational age

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 848-855

  Imbard, Apolline ^a,b   Blom, Henk J ^b   Schlemmer, Dimitri ^a   Barto, Rob ^b   Czerkiewicz, Isabelle ^a   Rigal, Odile ^a   Muller, Françoise ^a   Benoist, Jean François ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE; CREATINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; METHIONINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BETAINE; CHOLINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SARCOSINE;

EID: 84883447323     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.4142     Document Type: Article

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