Choline: Clinical nutrigenetic/nutrigenomic approaches for identification of functions and dietary requirements

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 101, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-83

  Zeisel, Steven H ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; LIPOTROPIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

BRAIN; CHOLINE; CHOLINE DEFICIENCY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84926126159     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000314512     Document Type: Conference Paper

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