FOLATE STATUS, WOMENS HEALTH, PREGNANCY OUTCOME, AND CANCER

被引:25
作者
BUTTERWORTH, CE
机构
[1] Department of Nutrition Sciences University ofAlabama at, Birmingham
关键词
FOLATE; FOLIC ACID; CERVICAL DYSPLASIA; CANCER; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT;
D O I
10.1080/07315724.1993.10718334
中图分类号
R15 [营养卫生、食品卫生]; TS201 [基础科学];
学科分类号
100403 ;
摘要
Key observations by Dr. Lucy Wills 65 years ago have led to the identification of folate as a nutrient essential for the prevention of megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy. The more recently discovered relationships of folate status to cervical dysplasia, nueural tube defects, and atherosclerosis are reviewed here.
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