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Maternal folate deficiency and metabolic dysfunction in offspring
1 Dec 2015
Abstract excerpt
The importance of folate during pregnancy was established more than 80 years ago by Lucy Wills' ground-breaking studies of tropical macrocytic anaemia. More recently, it has become apparent that the adverse consequences of inadequate nutrient supply during early developmental may be exacerbated by over-nutrition postnatally. The present paper aims to review recent evidence that maternal methyl donor (notably...
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