Metabolic Syndrome features and risk of neural tube defects

Metabolic Syndrome features and risk of neural tube defects

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Maternal obesity and pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus, features of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn), are individual risk factors for neural tube defects (NTD). Whether they, in combination with additional features of MetSyn, alter this...

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Main Authors: Wong Pui-Yuen, Wyatt Philip R, Meier Chris, Vermeulen Marian J, Thompson Miles D, Ray Joel G, Summers Anne M, Farrell Sandra A, Cole David EC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/7/21

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