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

Pages 193-199 | Published online: 22 Apr 2013

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Liska Robb, Elizabeth Margaretha Jordaan, Gina Joubert, Jennifer Ngounda & Corinna May Walsh. (2022) Sociodemographic Indicators, Household Food Security and Associations with Choline Intake in Pregnant Women: The NuEMI Study. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 61:6, pages 669-686.
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Aditi A. Godhamgaonkar, Deepali P. Sundrani & Sadhana R. Joshi. (2021) Role of maternal nutrition and oxidative stress in placental telomere attrition in women with preeclampsia. Hypertension in Pregnancy 40:1, pages 63-74.
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Valentina Medici, Noreene M Shibata, Kusum K Kharbanda, Mohammad S Islam, Carl L Keen, Kyoungmi Kim, Brittany Tillman, Samuel W French, Charles H Halsted & Janine M LaSalle. (2014) Maternal choline modifies fetal liver copper, gene expression, DNA methylation, and neonatal growth in the tx-j mouse model of Wilson disease. Epigenetics 9:2, pages 286-296.
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SR Shrivastava, PS Shrivastava & J Ramasamy. (2013) Public health measures to counter nutritional stress during pregnancy. South African Family Practice 55:6, pages 581-582.
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Liska Robb, Elizabeth Margaretha Jordaan, Gina Joubert, Jennifer Ngounda & Corinna May Walsh. (2023) Reported health, social support, stress and associations with choline intake in pregnant women in central South Africa: the NuEMI study 2018–2019. Archives of Public Health 81:1.
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Sarah E. Steane, Vinod Kumar, James S. M. Cuffe, Karen M. Moritz & Lisa K. Akison. (2022) Prenatal Choline Supplementation Alters One Carbon Metabolites in a Rat Model of Periconceptional Alcohol Exposure. Nutrients 14:9, pages 1874.
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Gloria E Uwaya & Omolola E Fayemi. (2021) Electrochemical detection of choline at f-MWCNT/Fe 3 O 4 nanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode . Materials Research Express 8:5, pages 055403.
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