Articles of Potential Interest
October 2006*
Bower C, de Klerk N, Hickling S, Ambrosini G, Flicker L, Geelhoed
E, Milne E. 2006. Assessment of the potential effect
of incremental increases in folic acid intake on neural tube
defects in Australia and New Zealand. Aust N Z J Public
Health 30(4): 369-374. Abstract
Chevrier C, Dananche B, Bahuau M, Nelva A, Herman C, Francannet
C, Robert-Gnansia E, Cordier S. 2006. Occupational exposure
to organic solvent mixtures during pregnancy and the risk of
non-syndromic oral clefts. Occup Environ Med 63(9):
617-623. Abstract
Dunlevy LPE, Burren KA, Mills K, Chitty LS, Copp AJ, Greene
NDE. 2006. Integrity of the methylation cycle is essential
for mammalian neural tube closure. Birth Defects Res
A Clin Mol Teratol 76(7): 544-552. Abstract
Hardy JR, Leaderer BP, Holford TR, Hall GC, Bracken MB. 2006. Safety
of medications prescribed before and during early pregnancy
in a cohort of 81 975 mothers from the UK General Practice
Research Database. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 15(8):
555-564. Abstract
Lawrence M. 2006. Evaluation of the implementation of
the folate-neural tube defect health claim and its impact on
the availability of folate-fortified food in Australia.
Aust N Z J Public Health 30(4): 363-368. Abstract
May PA, Fiorentino D, Gossage JP, Kalberg WO, Hoyme HE, Robinson
LK, Coriale G, Jones KL, del Campo M, Tarani L, Romeo M, Kodituwakku
PW, Deiana L, Buckley D, Ceccanti M. 2006. Epidemiology
of FASD in a province in Italy: Prevalence and characteristics
of children in a random sample of schools. Alcohol Clin
Exp Res 30(9): 1562-1575. Abstract
Meador KJ, Baker GA, Finnell RH, Kalayjian LA, Liporace JD,
Loring DW, Mawer G, Pennell PB, Smith JC, Wolff MC. 2006. In
utero antiepileptic drug exposure - Fetal death and malformations.
Neurology 67(3): 407-412. Abstract
Mendelsohn BA, Yin C, Johnson SL, Wilm TP, Solnica-Krezel L,
Gitlin JD. 2006. Atp7a determines a hierarchy of copper
metabolism essential for notochord development. Cell
Metab 4(2): 155-162. Abstract
Mikkelsen TB, Osler M, Olsen SF. 2006. Validity of protein,
retinol, folic acid and n-3 fatty acid intakes estimated from
the food-frequency questionnaire used in the Danish National
Birth Cohort. Public Health Nutr 9(6): 771-778. Abstract
Olney DK, Pollitt E, Kariger PK, Khalfan SS, Ali NS, Tielsch
JM, Sazawal S, Black R, Allen LH, Stoltzfus RJ. 2006. Combined
iron and folic acid supplementation with or without zinc reduces
time to walking unassisted among Zanzibari infants 5- to 11-mo
old. J Nutr 136(9): 2427-2434. Abstract
Shamah T, Villalpando S. 2006. The role of enriched
foods in infant and child nutrition. Br J Nutr Suppl
1: S73-S77. Abstract
Stamm DS, Rampersaud E, Slifer SH, Mehltretter L, Siegel DG,
Xie JZ, Hu-Lince D, Craig DW, Stephan DA, George TM, Gilbert
JR, Speer MC. 2006. High-density single nucleotide polymorphism
screen in a large multiplex neural tube defect family refines
linkage to loci at 7p21.1-pter and 2q33.1-q35. Birth
Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76(6): 499-505. Abstract
Toso L, Roberson R, Woodard J, Abebe D, Spong CY. 2006. Prenatal
alcohol exposure alters GABA(A)alpha(5) expression: A mechanism
of alcohol-induced learning dysfunction. Am J Obstet
Gynecol 195(2): 522-527. Abstract
Werler MM. 2006. Teratogen update: Pseudoephedrine. Birth
Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 76(6): 445-452. Abstract
Zhang L, Ren AG, Li ZW, Hao L, Tian YH, Li Z. 2006. Folate
concentrations and folic acid supplementation among women in
their first trimester of pregnancy in a rural area with a high
prevalence of neural tube defects in Shanxi, China.
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76(6): 461-466. Abstract
Zhu MT, Druschel C, Lin S. 2006. Maternal
birthplace and major congenital malformations among New York
Hispanics. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76(6):
467-473. Abstract
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