Nutrition in pregnancy: the argument for including a source of choline.

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Published in Int J Womens Health on April 22, 2013

Authors

Steven H Zeisel1

Author Affiliations

1: Nutrition Research Institute at Kannapolis, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kannapolis, NC, USA.

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