Folate status, women's health, pregnancy outcome, and cancer

J Am Coll Nutr. 1993 Aug;12(4):438-41. doi: 10.1080/07315724.1993.10718334.

Abstract

Key observations by Dr. Lucy Wills 65 years ago have led to the identification of folate as a nutrient essential for the prevention of megaloblastic anemia of pregnancy. The more recently discovered relationships of folate status to cervical dysplasia, neural tube defects, and atherosclerosis are reviewed here.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Arteriosclerosis / etiology*
  • Female
  • Folic Acid Deficiency / complications*
  • Homocysteine / blood
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Methionine / metabolism
  • Middle Aged
  • Neural Tube Defects / etiology*
  • Papillomaviridae
  • Pregnancy
  • Rats
  • Tumor Virus Infections / complications
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Women's Health*

Substances

  • Homocysteine
  • Methionine