Low blood folates in NTD pregnancies are only partly explained by thermolabile 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase: low folate status alone may be the critical factor.
Anne M. Molloy(Trinity College Dublin), John M. Scott(Iowa Lutheran Hospital), James L. Mills(National Institutes of Health), Joseph McPartlin(Trinity College Dublin), Mary Conley(Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development), Donald G. Weir(University of Ulster), Peadar N. Kirke(Health Research Board), Alexander S. Whitehead(University of Pennsylvania), Helen Burke(Health Research Board), Dorothy Ramsbottom(Trinity College Dublin)
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June 30, 1998
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