Articles of Potential Interest
February 2006*

Acs N, Banhidy F, Puho E, Czeizel AE. 2005. Maternal influenza during pregnancy and risk of congenital abnormalities in offspring. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 73(12): 989-996. Abstract

Boduroglu K, Alanay Y, Alikasifoglu M, Aktas D, Tuncbilek E. 2005. Analysis of MTHFR 1298A > C in addition to MTHFR 677C > T polymorphism as a risk factor for neural tube defects in the Turkish population. Turk J Pediatr 47(4): 327-333. Abstract

Byrne J, Carolan S. 2006. Adverse reproductive outcomes among pregnancies of aunts and (spouses of) uncles in Irish families with neural tube defects. Am J Med Genet A 140A (1): 52-61. Abstract

Carmichael SL, Shaw GM, Yang W, Laurent C, Herring A, Royle MH, Canfield M. 2006. Correlates of intake of folic acid-containing supplements among pregnant women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 194(1): 203-210. Abstract

Einarson TR, Einarson A. 2005. Newer antidepressants in pregnancy and rates of major malformations: a meta-analysis of prospective comparative studies. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14(12): 823-827. Abstract

Felkner MM, Suarez L, Brender J, Scaife B, Hendricks K. 2005. Iron status indicators in women with prior neural tube defect-affected pregnancies. Matern Child Health J 9(4): 421-428. Abstract

Ganji V, Kafai MR. 2006. Trends in serum folate, RBC folate, and circulating total homocysteine concentrations in the United States: Analysis of data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994, 1999-2000, and 2001-2002. J Nutr 136(1): 153-158. Abstract

Hobbs CA, James SJ, Jernigan S, Melnyk S, Lu YX, Malik S, Cleves MA. 2006. Congenital heart defects, maternal homocysteine, smoking, and the 677 C > T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydroflate reductase gene: Evaluating gene-environment interactions. Am J Obstet Gynecol 194(1): 218-224. Abstract

Lawrence M. 2005. Challenges in translating scientific evidence into mandatory food fortification policy: an antipodean case study of the folate-neural tube defect relationship. Public Health Nutr 8(8): 1235-1241. Abstract

Loeken MR. 2006. Advances in understanding the molecular causes of diabetes-induced birth defects. J Soc Gynecol Investig 13(1): 2-10. Abstract

Man LX, Chang B. 2006. Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of having a child with a congenital digital anomaly. Plast Reconstr Surg 117(1): 301-308. Abstract

Morales-Suarez-Varela MM, Bille C, Christensen K, Olsen J. 2006. Smoking habits, nicotine use, and congenital malformations. Obstet Gynecol 107(1): 51-57. Abstract

Rumbold A, Middleton P, Crowther CA. 2005.Vitamin supplementation for preventing miscarriage. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD004073. Abstract

Sazawal S, Black RE, Ramsan M, Chwaya HM, Stoltzfus RJ, Dutta A, Dhingra U, Kabole I, Deb S, Othman MK, Kabole FM. 2006. Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria transmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 367(9505): 133-143. Abstract

Shaw GM, Iovannisci DM, Yang W, Finnell RH, Carmichael SL, Cheng S, Lammer EJ. 2005. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) genetic variants, maternal smoking, vitamin use, and risk of human orofacial clefts. Am J Epidemiol 162(12): 1207-1214. Abstract

Song WO, Chung CE, Chun OK, Cho S. 2005. Serum homocysteine concentration of US adults associated with fortified cereal consumption. J Am Coll Nutr 24(6): 503-509. Abstract

Sram RJ, Binkova B, Lnenickova Z, Solansky I, Dejmek J. 2005. The impact of plasma folate levels of mothers and newborns on intrauterine growth retardation and birth weight. Mutat Res 591(1-2): 302-310. Abstract

Suresh S, Thangavel G, Sujatha J, Indrani S. 2005. Methodological issues in setting up a surveillance system for birth defects in India. Natl Med J India 18(5): 259-262. Abstract

Tielsch JM, Khatry SK, Stoltzfus RJ, Katz J, LeClerq SC, Adhikari R, Mullany LC, Shresta S, Black RE. 2006. Effect of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on preschool child mortality in southern Nepal: community-based, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 367(9505): 144-152. Abstract

Troen AM, Mitchell B, Sorensen B, Wener MH, Johnston A, Wood B, Selhub J, McTiernan A, Yasui Y, Oral E, Potter JD, Ulrich CM. 2006. Unmetabolized folic acid in plasma is associated with reduced natural killer cell cytotoxicity among postmenopausal women. J Nutr 136(1): 189-194. Abstract

Wojtalik M, Mrowczynski W, Henschke J, Wronecki K, Siwinska A, Piaszczynski M, Pawelec-Wojtalik M, Mrozinski B, Bruska M, Blaszczynski M, Surmacz R. 2005. Congenital heart defect with associated malformations in children. J Pediatr Surg 40(11): 1675-1680. Abstract

Zhu JL, Knudsen LE, Andersen AMN, Hjollund NH, Olsen J. 2006. Laboratory work and pregnancy outcomes: a study within the National Birth Cohort in Denmark. Occup Environ Med 63(1): 53-58. Abstract

*This list was compiled from searches of articles published in January 2006. Questions or comments about this list may be sent to webmaster@nbdpn.org.