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.

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Published in Am J Med Genet on June 30, 1998

Authors

A M Molloy1, J L Mills, P N Kirke, D Ramsbottom, J M McPartlin, H Burke, M Conley, A S Whitehead, D G Weir, J M Scott

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

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