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P N Kirke

Author PubWeight™ 42.80‹?›

Top papers

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1 Folate levels and neural tube defects. Implications for prevention. JAMA 1995 5.42
2 Minimum effective dose of folic acid for food fortification to prevent neural-tube defects. Lancet 1997 4.11
3 Homocysteine metabolism in pregnancies complicated by neural-tube defects. Lancet 1995 3.70
4 Thermolabile variant of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase associated with low red-cell folates: implications for folate intake recommendations. Lancet 1997 2.10
5 A genetic defect in 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in neural tube defects. QJM 1995 2.05
6 The "thermolabile" variant of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and neural tube defects: An evaluation of genetic risk and the relative importance of the genotypes of the embryo and the mother. Am J Hum Genet 1999 1.94
7 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase thermolabile variant and oral clefts. Am J Med Genet 1999 1.37
8 Recurrence rates of neural tube defects in Dublin maternity hospitals. Ir Med J 1983 1.32
9 Prevention of neural tube defects with folic acid a success but... QJM 1994 1.17
10 Are common mutations of cystathionine beta-synthase involved in the aetiology of neural tube defects? Clin Genet 1997 1.13
11 Whole-blood folate values in subjects with different methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes: differences between the radioassay and microbiological assays. Clin Chem 1998 1.10
12 Predictors of first hip fracture and mortality post fracture in older women. Ir J Med Sci 2001 1.09
13 Analysis of the human Sonic Hedgehog coding and promoter regions in sacral agenesis, triphalangeal thumb, and mirror polydactyly. Hum Genet 1998 0.99
14 Low blood folates in NTD pregnancies are only partly explained by thermolabile 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase: low folate status alone may be the critical factor. Am J Med Genet 1998 0.96
15 Transcobalamin II receptor polymorphisms are associated with increased risk for neural tube defects. J Med Genet 2010 0.93
16 Evaluation of quantitative CT vertebral bone mineral density measurement and the Singh index in elderly females with hip fractures--a case control study. Br J Radiol 1997 0.93
17 Mothers' views of obstetric care. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1980 0.93
18 Low-dose folic acid lowers plasma homocysteine levels in women of child-bearing age. QJM 2002 0.89
19 Homocysteine and neural tube defects. J Nutr 1996 0.86
20 Association between historically high frequencies of neural tube defects and the human T homologue of mouse T (Brachyury). Am J Med Genet 2000 0.85
21 Methionine synthase: high-resolution mapping of the human gene and evaluation as a candidate locus for neural tube defects. Mol Genet Metab 1999 0.84
22 Hidradenitis suppurativa. Glucose tolerance, clinical, microbiologic, and immunologic features and HLA frequencies in 27 patients. Arch Dermatol 1988 0.83
23 Folate status and neural tube defects. Biofactors 1999 0.82
24 Anencephaly in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984 0.82
25 The role of nutrition in neural tube defects. Annu Rev Nutr 1990 0.80
26 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation and neural tube defects. Lancet 1996 0.79
27 Vitamins, neural tube defects, and ethics committees. Lancet 1980 0.78
28 The influence of 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes on enzyme activity in placental tissue. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1999 0.78
29 Homocysteine metabolism in pregnancies complicated by neural tube defects. Nutrition 1998 0.78
30 Mothers' views of care in labour. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1980 0.76
31 Maternal folate status and risk of neural tube defects. Lancet 1996 0.75
32 Gene-gene interactions and neural tube defects. Clin Genet 1999 0.75
33 Perinatal statistics, 1984: a commentary on the first annual report of the Irish Perinatal Reporting System. Ir J Med Sci 1988 0.75
34 Folic acid in the prevention of neural tube defects. Ir J Med Sci 1992 0.75
35 Time trends in childhood accident mortality and hospitalisation rates in Ireland. Ir Med J 1984 0.75