Folate status, women's health, pregnancy outcome, and cancer.
Key observations by Dr. Lucy Wills 65 years ago have led to the identification of folate as a nutrient essential for the prevention of megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy. The more recently discovered relationships of folate status to cervical dysplasia, neural tube defects, and atherosclerosis are reviewed here.
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Dept. of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000209:etiology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016387:Women's Health
D006710:Homocysteine; D008715:Methionine