During the past 10 years, considerable progress has been made in the development of new
or modified biochemical methods which have been useful in the evaluation of the nutritional …

LINDA V. DANSKY* and RICHARD H. FINNELL t* Neurogenetics Unit, Montreal
Neurological Institute and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University …

This thoroughly revised and updated reference addresses the drugs and chemicals causing
malformations and congenital anomalies in the human fetus-comprehensively reviewing …

A multi‐institutional collaborative study was conducted concerning the course of pregnancy
and delivery and the incidence of abnormal infants delivered of epileptic women. Of 657 …

In a cohort of 50,897 pregnancies, frequencies of malformations, selected on the basis of
reports in the literature, were compared between four groups of children born to epileptic …

Folate levels in serum and red cells, as determined by a microbiological assay using
Lactobacillus casei, and plasma anticonvulsant concentrations were monitored concurrently …

Since many unplanned pregnancies occur while women are using oral contraceptives
(OCs), it is important to understand the potential impact of these drugs on folate, vitamin B6 …

Objective. To investigate the pregnancy outcome of patients with epilepsy. Study design. A
population-based study comparing all singleton pregnancies of patients with and without …

Objective To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of oral
contraceptive use on plasma and red blood cell (RBC) folate concentrations. Methods We …

Women who use oral contraceptives have impaired folate metabolism as shown by slightly
but significantly lower levels of folate in the serum and the erythrocytes and an increased …