Prenatal folate, homocysteine and Vitamin B12 levels and child brain volumes, cognitive development and psychological functioning: The Generation R Study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 122, Issue s1, 2019, Pages S1-S9

  Ars, Charlotte L ^a   Nijs, Ilse M ^a   Marroun, Hanan E ^a   Muetzel, Ryan ^a   Schmidt, Marcus ^a   Steenweg De Graaff, Jolien ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Steegers, Eric A ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a   White, Tonya ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain development; Children; Cognition; Epidemiology; Folic acid; Intelligence; MRI

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B12 DEFICIENCY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUTCHMAN; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SNIJDERS-OOMEN NIET-VERBALE INTELLIGENTIE TEST; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84955304806     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515002081     Document Type: Article

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