Metabolic Syndrome features and risk of neural tube defects

• Main Authors: Wong Pui-Yuen (Author), Wyatt Philip R (Author), Meier Chris (Author), Vermeulen Marian J (Author), Thompson Miles D (Author), Ray Joel G (Author), Summers Anne M (Author), Farrell Sandra A (Author), Cole David EC (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Maternal obesity and pre-pregnancy diabetes mellitus, features of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn), are individual risk factors for neural tube defects (NTD). Whether they, in combination with additional features of MetSyn, alter this...