Association of maternal homocysteine and vitamins status with the risk of neural tube defects in Tunisia: A case-control study

Background This study was conducted to determine whether low folate and vitamin B12 levels, as well as high homocysteine levels in pregnant women are associated with neural tube defects (NTDs) in Tunisia. Methods A total of 75 NTDs pregnancies and 75 matched controls were included in the study. Thei...

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Published in:	Birth defects research. A Clinical and molecular teratology Vol. 103; no. 12; pp. 1011 - 1020
Main Authors:	Nasri, Kaouther, Ben Fradj, Mohamed Kacem, Touati, Asma, Aloui, Mariem, Ben Jemaa, Nadia, Masmoudi, Aida, Elmay, Michèle Véronique, Omar, Souhail, Feki, Moncef, Kaabechi, Naziha, Marrakchi, Raja, Gaigi, Soumeya Siala
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-12-2015
Subjects:	Adult Case-Control Studies Female Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay folate Folic Acid - blood homocysteine Homocysteine - blood Humans neural tube defects Neural Tube Defects - epidemiology Pregnancy Radioimmunoassay Risk Factors Tunisia - epidemiology vitamin B12 Vitamins - blood homocysteine folate neural tube defects vitamin B12
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