Articles of Potential Interest
April 2006*
Abbag FI. 2006. Congenital heart diseases and other
major anomalies in patients with Down syndrome. Saudi
Med J 27(2): 219-222. Abstract
Archer NP, Langlois PH, Case AP, Wolfe LJ. 2006. Linking
teratogen information service and birth defects registry databases
to improve knowledge of birth defect status. Birth
Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76(2): 126-128. Abstract
Berg C, Knuppel M, Geipel A, Kohl T, Krapp M, Knopfle G, Germer
U, Hansmann M, Gembruch U. 2006. Prenatal diagnosis of
persistent left superior vena cava and its associated congenital
anomalies. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 27 (3): 274-280. Abstract
Bol KA, Collins JS, Kirby RS. 2006. Survival of infants
with neural tube defects in the presence of folic acid fortification. Pediatrics
117(3): 803-813. Abstract
Ceylaner S, Ceylaner G, Gunyeli I, Ekici E, Tug M, Taner D,
Ekerbicer H, Mollamahmutoglu L, Danisman N. 2006. Postmortem
evaluation of 220 prenatally diagnosed fetuses with neural tube
defects: detection of associated anomalies in a Turkish population.
Prenat Diagn 26(2): 147-153. Abstract
Chuang CZ, Boyles A, Legardeur B, Su J, Japa S, Lopez A. 2006. Effects
of riboflavin and folic acid supplementation on plasma homocysteine
levels in healthy subjects. Am J Med Sci 331(2): 65-71. Abstract
Dawson JE, Raymond AM, Winn LM. 2006. Folic acid and
pantothenic acid protection against valproic acid-induced neural
tube defects in CD-1 mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
211(2): 124-132. Abstract
Hrubec TC, Prater MR, Toops KA, Holladay SD. 2006. Reduction
in diabetes-induced craniofacial defects by maternal immune
stimulation. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol 77(1):
1-9. Abstract
Manassaram DM, Backer LC, Moll DM. 2006. A review of
nitrates in drinking water: Maternal exposure and adverse reproductive
and developmental outcomes. Environ Health Perspect
114(3): 320-327. Abstract
Nath SD, Koutoubi S, Huffman FG. 2006. Folate and vitamin
B-12 status of a multiethnic adult population. J Natl
Med Assoc 98(1): 67-72. Abstract
O'Leary DR, Kuhn S, Kniss KL, Hinckley AF, Rasmussen SA, Pape
WJ, Kightlinger LK, Beecham BD, Miller TK, Neitzel DF, Michaels
SR, Campbell GL, Lanciotti RS, Hayes EB. 2006. Birth
outcomes following West Nile virus infection of pregnant women
in the United States: 2003-2004. Pediatrics 117(3):
E537-E545. Abstract
Rull RP, Ritz B, Shaw GM. 2006. Validation of self-reported
proximity to agricultural crops in a case-control study of
neural tube defects. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
16(2): 147-155. Abstract
Scialli AR. 2006. Teratology public affairs committee
position paper: Maternal obesity and pregnancy. Birth
Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76(2): 73-77. Abstract
Srephensen SS, Sigfusson G, Eiriksson H, Sverrisson JT, Torfason
B, Haraldsson A, Helgason H. 2006. Congenital cardiac
malformations in Iceland from 1990 through 1999. Cardiol
Young 14(4): 396-401. Abstract
Tegnander E, Williams W, Johansen OJ, Blaas HGK, Eik-Nes SH.
2006. Prenatal detection of heart defects in a non-selected
population of 30,149 fetuses - detection rates and outcome. Ultrasound
Obstet Gynecol 27(3): 252-265. Abstract
Thoradeniya T, Wickremasinghe R, Ramanayake R, Atukorala S.
2006. Low folic acid status and its association with
anaemia in urban adolescent girls and women of childbearing age
in Sri Lanka. Br J Nutr 95(3): 511-516. Abstract
Zhu JH, Ren AG, Hao L, Pei LJ, Liu JM, Zhu HP, Li S, Finnell
RH, Li Z. 2006. Variable contribution of the MTHFR C677T
polymorphism to non-syndromic cleft lip and palate risk in China. Am
J Med Genet A 140A(6): 551-557. Abstract
Zhu WL, Li Y, Yan LY, Dao JJ, Li SQ. 2006. Maternal
and offspring MTHFR gene C677T polymorphism as predictors of
congenital atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.
Mol Hum Reprod 12(1): 51-54. Abstract
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