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1: Kim DJ, Kim TI, Suh JH, Cho YS, Shin SK, Kang JK, Kim NK, Kim WH.
Oral tegafur-uracil plus folinic acid versus intravenous 5-fluorouracil plus
folinic acid as adjuvant chemotherapy of colon cancer.
Yonsei Med J. 2003 Aug 30;44(4):665-75.
PMID: 12950123

2: Sasaki K, Duan J, Murohara T, Ikeda H, Shintani S, Shimada T, Akita T, Egami
K, Imaizumi T.
Rescue of hypercholesterolemia-related impairment of angiogenesis by oral
folate supplementation.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Jul 16;42(2):364-72.
PMID: 12875777

3: Braekke K, Staff AC.
Periconceptional use of folic acid supplements in Oslo.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2003 Jul;82(7):620-7.
PMID: 12790843

4: Lawrence JM, Watkins ML, Ershoff D, Petitti DB, Chiu V, Postlethwaite D,
Erickson JD.
Design and evaluation of interventions promoting periconceptional multivitamin
use.
Am J Prev Med. 2003 Jul;25(1):17-24.
PMID: 12818305

5: Holven KB, Halvorsen B, Schulz H, Aukrust P, Ose L, Nenseter MS.
Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in mononuclear cells of
hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2003 Jul;33(7):555-60.
PMID: 12814391

6: Kondo A, Kimura K, Isobe Y, Kamihira O, Matsuura O, Gotoh M, Okai I.
[Folic acid reduces risks of having fetus affected with neural tube defects:
dietary food folate and plasma folate concentration]
Nippon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2003 Jul;94(5):551-9. Japanese.
PMID: 12910931

7: van der Pal-de Bruin KM, de Walle HE, de Rover CM, Jeeninga W, Cornel MC, de
Jong-van den Berg LT, Buitendijk SE, Paulussen TG.
Influence of educational level on determinants of folic acid use.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2003 Jul;17(3):256-63.
PMID: 12839537

8: Bailey LB, Rampersaud GC, Kauwell GP.
Folic acid supplements and fortification affect the risk for neural tube
defects, vascular disease and cancer: evolving science.
J Nutr. 2003 Jun;133(6):1961S-1968S. Review.
PMID: 12771346

9: Ingrosso D, Cimmino A, Perna AF, Masella L, De Santo NG, De Bonis ML, Vacca
M, D'Esposito M, D'Urso M, Galletti P, Zappia V.
Folate treatment and unbalanced methylation and changes of allelic expression
induced by hyperhomocysteinaemia in patients with uraemia.
Lancet. 2003 May 17;361(9370):1693-9.
PMID: 12767735

10: Marcucci R, Zanazzi M, Bertoni E, Rosati A, Fedi S, Lenti M, Prisco D,
Castellani S, Abbate R, Salvadori M.
Vitamin supplementation reduces the progression of atherosclerosis in
hyperhomocysteinemic renal-transplant recipients.
Transplantation. 2003 May 15;75(9):1551-5.
PMID: 12792513

11: Rosenberg KD, Gelow JM, Sandoval AP.
Pregnancy intendedness and the use of periconceptional folic acid.
Pediatrics. 2003 May;111(5 Part 2):1142-5.
PMID: 12728127

12: Scagliotti GV, Shin DM, Kindler HL, Vasconcelles MJ, Keppler U, Manegold C,
Burris H, Gatzemeier U, Blatter J, Symanowski JT, Rusthoven JJ.
Phase II study of pemetrexed with and without folic acid and vitamin B12 as
front-line therapy in malignant pleural mesothelioma.
J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 15;21(8):1556-61.
PMID: 12697881

13: Chen JY, Peng XZ, Chen LT, Lin Q, Zhang H.
[Tolerance of human body to simultaneous infusion of 5-fluorouracil and calcium
folinate]
Ai Zheng. 2003 Apr;22(4):418-20. Chinese.
PMID: 12704003

14: Wolfe JM, Bailey LB, Herrlinger-Garcia K, Theriaque DW, Gregory JF 3rd,
Kauwell GP.
Folate catabolite excretion is responsive to changes in dietary folate intake
in elderly women.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2003 Apr;77(4):919-23.
PMID: 12663292

15: Agarwal KN, Gomber S, Bisht H, Som M.
Anemia prophylaxis in adolescent school girls by weekly or daily iron-folate
supplementation.
Indian Pediatr. 2003 Apr;40(4):296-301.
PMID: 12736400

16: Silaste ML, Rantala M, Alfthan G, Aro A, Kesaniemi YA.
Plasma homocysteine concentration is decreased by dietary intervention.
Br J Nutr. 2003 Mar;89(3):295-301.
PMID: 12696562

17: Holven KB, Haugstad TS, Holm T, Aukrust P, Ose L, Nenseter MS.
Folic acid treatment reduces elevated plasma levels of asymmetric
dimethylarginine in hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects.
Br J Nutr. 2003 Mar;89(3):359-63.
PMID: 12628031

18: Moore LL, Bradlee ML, Singer MR, Rothman KJ, Milunsky A.
Folate intake and the risk of neural tube defects: an estimation of
dose-response.
Epidemiology. 2003 Mar;14(2):200-5.
PMID: 12606886

19: Vermeulen EG, Rauwerda JA, van den Berg M, de Jong SC, Schalkwijk C, Twisk
JW, Stehouwer CD.
Homocysteine-lowering treatment with folic acid plus vitamin B6 lowers urinary
albumin excretion but not plasma markers of endothelial function or C-reactive
protein: further analysis of secondary end-points of a randomized clinical
trial.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2003 Mar;33(3):209-15.
PMID: 12641538

20: Ali A, Pillai KK, Pal SN.
Effects of folic acid and lamotrigine therapy in some rodent models of epilepsy
and behaviour.
J Pharm Pharmacol. 2003 Mar;55(3):387-91.
PMID: 12724046

21: Bott C, Lembcke B, Stein J.
[Colorectal cancer and folate]
Z Gastroenterol. 2003 Mar;41(3):263-70. Review. German.
PMID: 12664348

22: Moat SJ, Ashfield-Watt PA, Powers HJ, Newcombe RG, McDowell IF.
Effect of riboflavin status on the homocysteine-lowering effect of folate in
relation to the MTHFR (C677T) genotype.
Clin Chem. 2003 Feb;49(2):295-302.
PMID: 12560354

23: Tsuchida T, Saito M, Honda H, Hirata T, Kato H.
[Chemoprevention of lung cancer]
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2003 Feb;30(2):181-4. Review. Japanese.
PMID: 12610863

24: Rampersaud GC, Kauwell GP, Bailey LB.
Folate: a key to optimizing health and reducing disease risk in the elderly.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2003 Feb;22(1):1-8. Review.
PMID: 12569109

25: French MR, Barr SI, Levy-Milne R.
Folate intakes and awareness of folate to prevent neural tube defects: a survey
of women living in Vancouver, Canada.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2003 Feb;103(2):181-5.
PMID: 12589323

26: McDonald SD, Ferguson S, Tam L, Lougheed J, Walker MC.
The prevention of congenital anomalies with periconceptional folic acid
supplementation.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2003 Feb;25(2):115-21. Review.
PMID: 12577128

27: Li Z, Gindler J, Wang H, Berry RJ, Li S, Correa A, Zheng JC, Erickson JD,
Wang Y.
Folic acid supplements during early pregnancy and likelihood of multiple
births: a population-based cohort study.
Lancet. 2003 Feb 1;361(9355):380-4.
PMID: 12573374

28: Weber M, Dib M.
[Folic acid and prevention of anomalies of foetal neural tube closing in women
treated for epilepsy]
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2003 Feb;159(2):165-70. Review. French.
PMID: 12660568

29: Green T, Newton R, Bourn D.
Estimated folic acid intakes from simulated fortification of the New Zealand
food supply.
N Z Med J. 2003 Jan 24;116(1168):U294.
PMID: 12607547

30: Oakley G, Wald N, Omenn G.
Provide the citizens of New Zealand the miracle of folic acid fortification.
N Z Med J. 2003 Jan 24;116(1168):U302.
PMID: 12601425

31: Adank C, Green TJ, Skeaff CM, Briars B.
Weekly high-dose folic Acid supplementation is effective in lowering serum
homocysteine concentrations in women.
Ann Nutr Metab. 2003;47(2):55-9.
PMID: 12652055

32: Zhu S, Mason J, Shi Y, Hu Y, Li R, Wahg M, Zhou Y, Jin G, Xie Y, Wu G, Xia
D, Qian Z, Sohg H, Zhang L, Russell R, Xiao S.
The effect of folic acid on the development of stomach and other
gastrointestinal cancers.
Chin Med J (Engl). 2003 Jan;116(1):15-9.
PMID: 12667380

33: Taylor MJ, Carney S, Geddes J, Goodwin G.
Folate for depressive disorders.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;(2):CD003390. Review.
PMID: 12804463

34: Yerby MS.
Clinical care of pregnant women with epilepsy: neural tube defects and folic
acid supplementation.
Epilepsia. 2003;44 Suppl 3:33-40. Review.
PMID: 12790884

35: Alfthan G, Laurinen MS, Valsta LM, Pastinen T, Aro A.
Folate intake, plasma folate and homocysteine status in a random Finnish
population.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003 Jan;57(1):81-8.
PMID: 12548301

36: Egen V, Hasford J.
Prevention of neural tube defects: effect of an intervention aimed at
implementing the official recommendations.
Soz Praventivmed. 2003;48(1):24-32.
PMID: 12756886

37: Ray JG, Meier C, Vermeulen MJ, Boss S, Wyatt PR, Cole DE.
Association of neural tube defects and folic acid food fortification in Canada.
Lancet. 2002 Dec 21-28;360(9350):2047-8.
PMID: 12504403

38: [No authors listed]
Folate delivers head-to-toe health advantages. The B vitamin that benefits
unborn babies may also protect the hearts and minds (and colons) of adults.
Health News. 2002 Dec;8(12):1-2.
PMID: 12523265

39: Gonzalez-Gross M, Prinz-Langenohl R, Pietrzik K.
Folate status in Germany 1997-2000.
Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2002 Dec;72(6):351-9.
PMID: 12596499

40: Mangoni AA, Sherwood RA, Swift CG, Jackson SH.
Folic acid enhances endothelial function and reduces blood pressure in smokers:
a randomized controlled trial.
J Intern Med. 2002 Dec;252(6):497-503.
PMID: 12472909

41: Ghandour H, Bagley PJ, Shemin D, Hsu N, Jacques PF, Dworkin L, Bostom AG,
Selhub J.
Distribution of plasma folate forms in hemodialysis patients receiving high
daily doses of L-folinic or folic acid.
Kidney Int. 2002 Dec;62(6):2246-9.
PMID: 12427152

42: Hernandez-Diaz S, Werler MM, Louik C, Mitchell AA.
Risk of gestational hypertension in relation to folic acid supplementation
during pregnancy.
Am J Epidemiol. 2002 Nov 1;156(9):806-12.
PMID: 12396998

43: Shaw GM, Nelson V, Carmichael SL, Lammer EJ, Finnell RH, Rosenquist TH.
Maternal periconceptional vitamins: interactions with selected factors and
congenital anomalies?
Epidemiology. 2002 Nov;13(6):625-30.
PMID: 12410002

44: Apeland T, Mansoor MA, Seljeflot I, Bronstad I, Goransson L, Strandjord RE.

Homocysteine, malondialdehyde and endothelial markers in dialysis patients
during low-dose folinic acid therapy.
J Intern Med. 2002 Nov;252(5):456-64.
PMID: 12528764

45: Branda RF, Chen Z, Brooks EM, Naud SJ, Trainer TD, McCormack JJ.
Diet modulates the toxicity of cancer chemotherapy in rats.
J Lab Clin Med. 2002 Nov;140(5):358-68.
PMID: 12434138

46: Sombolos K, Fragia T, Natse T, Bartholomatos G, Karagianni A, Katsaris G,
Christidou F, Bamichas G, Stangou M, Papagalanis N.
The effect of long-term intravenous high dose B-complex vitamins with or
without folic acid on serum homocysteine in hemodialysis patients.
J Nephrol. 2002 Nov-Dec;15(6):671-5.
PMID: 12495282

47: Venn BJ, Green TJ, Moser R, McKenzie JE, Skeaff CM, Mann J.
Increases in blood folate indices are similar in women of childbearing age
supplemented with [6S]-5-methyltetrahydrofolate and folic acid.
J Nutr. 2002 Nov;132(11):3353-5.
PMID: 12421850

48: Daly S, Mills JL, Molloy AM, Conley M, McPartlin J, Lee YJ, Young PB, Kirke
PN, Weir DG, Scott JM.
Low-dose folic acid lowers plasma homocysteine levels in women of child-bearing age.
QJM. 2002 Nov;95(11):733-40.
PMID: 12391385

49: Martinez de Villarreal L, Perez JZ, Vazquez PA, Herrera RH, Campos Mdel R,
Lopez RA, Ramirez JL, Sanchez JM, Villarreal JJ, Garza MT, Limon A, Lopez AG,
Barcenas M, Garcia JR, Dominguez AS, Nunez RH, Ayala JL, Martinez JG, Gonzalez
MT, Alvarez CG, Castro RN.
Decline of neural tube defects cases after a folic acid campaign in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
Teratology. 2002 Nov;66(5):249-56.
PMID: 12397633

50: Pfeiffer AF, Einig Ch.
[Disease prevention by vitamins and trace elements]
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2002 Oct 25;127(43):2251-2. Review. German.
PMID: 12397538

51: Oakley GP Jr.
Folic acid fortification: time for a concentrated effort.
CMAJ. 2002 Oct 15;167(8):848; author reply 848-9.
PMID: 12406938

52: Sato Y, Kaji M, Kondo I, Yoshida H, Satoh K, Metoki N.
Hyperhomocysteinemia in Japanese patients with convalescent stage ischemic
stroke: effect of combined therapy with folic acid and mecobalamine.
J Neurol Sci. 2002 Oct 15;202(1-2):65-8.
PMID: 12220694

53: Venn BJ, Mann JI, Williams SM, Riddell LJ, Chisholm A, Harper MJ, Aitken W.
Dietary counseling to increase natural folate intake: a randomized,
placebo-controlled trial in free-living subjects to assess effects on serum
folate and plasma total homocysteine.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Oct;76(4):758-65.
PMID: 12324288

54: Stepanuk KM, Tolosa JE, Lewis D, Myers V, Royds C, Sabogal JC, Librizzi R.
Folic acid supplementation use among women who contact a teratology information
service.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Oct;187(4):964-7.
PMID: 12388987

55: Vallee M, Guay F, Beaudry D, Matte J, Blouin R, Laforest JP, Lessard M,
Palin MF.
Effects of breed, parity, and folic Acid supplement on the expression of folate
metabolism genes in endometrial and embryonic tissues from sows in early
pregnancy.
Biol Reprod. 2002 Oct;67(4):1259-67.
PMID: 12297544

56: Francini G, Petrioli R, Messinese S, Pozzessere D, Marsili S, Correale P,
Sabatino M, Fiaschi AI.
Folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C in metastatic breast cancer
patients previously treated with at least two chemotherapy regimens.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2002 Oct;50(4):271-6. Epub 2002 Jul 31.
PMID: 12357300

57: Neal B, MacMahon S, Ohkubo T, Tonkin A, Wilcken D; PACIFIC Study Group.
Dose-dependent effects of folic acid on plasma homocysteine in a randomized
trial conducted among 723 individuals with coronary heart disease.
Eur Heart J. 2002 Oct;23(19):1509-15.
PMID: 12395803

58: Stanger O, Semmelrock HJ, Wonisch W, Bos U, Pabst E, Wascher TC.
Effects of folate treatment and homocysteine lowering on resistance vessel
reactivity in atherosclerotic subjects.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2002 Oct;303(1):158-62.
PMID: 12235246

59: Canfield MA, Anderson JL, Waller DK, Palmer SE, Kaye CI.
Folic acid awareness and use among women with a history of a neural tube defect
pregnancy--Texas, 2000-2001.
MMWR Recomm Rep. 2002 Sep 13;51(RR-13):16-9.
PMID: 12353508

60: Juarez-Vazquez J, Bonizzoni E, Scotti A.
Iron plus folate is more effective than iron alone in the treatment of iron
deficiency anaemia in pregnancy: a randomised, double blind clinical trial.
BJOG. 2002 Sep;109(9):1009-14.
PMID: 12269674

61: Litynski P, Loehrer F, Linder L, Todesco L, Fowler B.
Effect of low doses of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and folic acid on plasma
homocysteine in healthy subjects with or without the 677C-->T polymorphism of
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2002 Sep;32(9):662-8.
PMID: 12486865

62: Cogram P, Tesh S, Tesh J, Wade A, Allan G, Greene ND, Copp AJ.
D-chiro-inositol is more effective than myo-inositol in preventing
folate-resistant mouse neural tube defects.
Hum Reprod. 2002 Sep;17(9):2451-8.
PMID: 12202440

63: Choumenkovitch SF, Selhub J, Wilson PW, Rader JI, Rosenberg IH, Jacques PF.
Folic acid intake from fortification in United States exceeds predictions.
J Nutr. 2002 Sep;132(9):2792-8.
PMID: 12221247

64: Langley-Evans SC, Langley-Evans AJ.
Use of folic acid supplements in the first trimester of pregnancy.
J R Soc Health. 2002 Sep;122(3):181-6.
PMID: 12391833

65: Yang TS, Wang JY, Tang R, Hsu KC, Chen JS.
Oral uracil/ftorafur (UFT) plus leucovorin as first-line chemotherapy and
salvage therapy with weekly high-dose 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin for the
treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2002 Sep;32(9):352-7.
PMID: 12417601

66: Stein Q, Keppen L, Watson WJ.
Preventing birth defects with folic acid.
S D J Med. 2002 Sep;55(9):389-91.
PMID: 12360641

67: Czeizel E.
Prevention of developmental abnormalities with particular emphasis of primary
prevention.
Tsitol Genet. 2002 Sep-Oct;36(5):58-72. Review.
PMID: 12442549

68: Schnyder G, Roffi M, Flammer Y, Pin R, Hess OM.
Effect of homocysteine-lowering therapy with folic acid, vitamin B12, and
vitamin B6 on clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention: the
Swiss Heart study: a randomized controlled trial.
JAMA. 2002 Aug 28;288(8):973-9.
PMID: 12190367

69: Venn BJ, Mann JI, Williams SM, Riddell LJ, Chisholm A, Harper MJ, Aitken W,
Rossaak JI.
Assessment of three levels of folic acid on serum folate and plasma
homocysteine: a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind dietary intervention
trial.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2002 Aug;56(8):748-54.
PMID: 12122551

70: Khosraviani K, Weir HP, Hamilton P, Moorehead J, Williamson K.
Effect of folate supplementation on mucosal cell proliferation in high risk
patients for colon cancer.
Gut. 2002 Aug;51(2):195-9.
PMID: 12117879

71: Green NS.
Folic acid supplementation and prevention of birth defects.
J Nutr. 2002 Aug;132(8 Suppl):2356S-2360S.
PMID: 12163692

72: O'Grady HL, Leahy A, McCormick PH, Fitzgerald P, Kelly CK, Bouchier-Hayes DJ.
Oral folic acid improves endothelial dysfunction in cigarette smokers.
J Surg Res. 2002 Aug;106(2):342-5.
PMID: 12175990

73: Morin P, De Wals P, Noiseux M, Niyonsenga T, St-Cyr-Tribble D, Tremblay C.
Pregnancy planning and folic acid supplement use: results from a survey in
Quebec.
Prev Med. 2002 Aug;35(2):143-9.
PMID: 12200099

74: Olney RS, Mulinare J.
Trends in neural tube defect prevalence, folic acid fortification, and vitamin supplement use.
Semin Perinatol. 2002 Aug;26(4):277-85.
PMID: 12211618

75: Karpati I, Balla J, Szoke G, Bereczky Z, Pall D, Ben T, Toma K, Katona E,
Mohacsi A, Paragh G, Varga Z, Kakuk G, Muszbek L.
[Frequency of hyperhomocysteinemia in hemodialysis patients with folic acid
supplementation]
Orv Hetil. 2002 Jul 7;143(27):1635-40. Hungarian.
PMID: 12180000

76: Ashfield-Watt PA, Pullin CH, Whiting JM, Clark ZE, Moat SJ, Newcombe RG,
Burr ML, Lewis MJ, Powers HJ, McDowell IF.
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-->T genotype modulates homocysteine
responses to a folate-rich diet or a low-dose folic acid supplement: a
randomized controlled trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Jul;76(1):180-6.
PMID: 12081832

77: Cafolla A, Dragoni F, Girelli G, Tosti ME, Costante A, De Luca AM, Funaro
D, Scott CS.
Effect of folic acid and vitamin C supplementation on folate status and homocysteine level: a randomised controlled trial in Italian smoker-blood donors.
Atherosclerosis. 2002 Jul;163(1):105-11.
PMID: 12048127

78: Morin P, De Wals P, St-Cyr-Tribble D, Niyonsenga T, Payette H.
Pregnancy planning: a determinant of folic acid supplements use for the primary
prevention of neural tube defects.
Can J Public Health. 2002 Jul-Aug;93(4):259-63.
PMID: 12154526

79: Reisch HS, Flynn MA.
Folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects (NTDs). Challenges and
recommendations for public health.
Can J Public Health. 2002 Jul-Aug;93(4):254-8.
PMID: 12154525

80: Kang HG, Lee BS, Hahn H, Lee JH, Ha IS, Cheong HI, Choi Y.
Reduction of plasma homocysteine by folic acid in children with chronic renal failure.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2002 Jul;17(7):511-4. Epub 2002 May 29.
PMID: 12172764

81: de Walle HE, Cornel MC, de Jong-van den Berg LT.
Three years after the dutch folic acid campaign: growing socioeconomic differences.
Prev Med. 2002 Jul;35(1):65-9.
PMID: 12079442

82: de Walle HE, de Jong-van den Berg LT.
Insufficient folic acid intake in the Netherlands: what about the future?
Teratology. 2002 Jul;66(1):40-3.
PMID: 12115779

83: Potena L, Grigioni F, Magnani G, Sorbello S, Sassi S, Poci MG, Carigi S,
Bacchi-Reggiani L, Leone O, Magelli C, Branzi A, Magnai G.
Folate supplementation after heart transplantation: effects on homocysteine
plasma levels and allograft vascular disease.
Clin Nutr. 2002 Jun;21(3):245-8. Erratum in: Clin Nutr. 2003 Feb;22(1):107..
PMID: 12127934

84: Gottsater A, Forsblad J, Mattiasson I, Lindgarde F.
Decreasing plasma endothelin-1 and unchanged plasma neopterin during folate
supplementation in hyperhomocysteinemia.
Int Angiol. 2002 Jun;21(2):158-64.
PMID: 12110777

85: Mayer O, Filipovsky J, Hromadka M, Svobodova V, Racek J, Mayer O Jr,
Stehlik P, Trefil L, Zarybnicka M.
Treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia with folic acid: effects on homocysteine
levels, coagulation status, and oxidative stress markers.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2002 Jun;39(6):851-7.
PMID: 12021579

86: Bryan J, Calvaresi E, Hughes D.
Short-term folate, vitamin B-12 or vitamin B-6 supplementation slightly affects
memory performance but not mood in women of various ages.
J Nutr. 2002 Jun;132(6):1345-56.
PMID: 12042457

87: Melse-Boonstra A, de Bree A, Verhoef P, Bjorke-Monsen AL, Verschuren WM.
Dietary monoglutamate and polyglutamate folate are associated with plasma
folate concentrations in Dutch men and women aged 20-65 years.
J Nutr. 2002 Jun;132(6):1307-12.
PMID: 12042451

88: Woo KS, Chook P, Chan LL, Cheung AS, Fung WH, Qiao M, Lolin YI, Thomas GN,
Sanderson JE, Metreweli C, Celermajer DS.
Long-term improvement in homocysteine levels and arterial endothelial function
after 1-year folic acid supplementation.
Am J Med. 2002 May;112(7):535-9.
PMID: 12015244

89: Mayer F, Hartmann JT, von Pawel J, Beck J, Schroeder M, Boehlke I, Kanz L,
Bokemeyer C; Phase I Study Group of CESAR.
A phase I study of oral uracil-ftorafur plus folinic acid in combination with
weekly paclitaxel in patients with solid tumors.
Ann Oncol. 2002 May;13(5):755-9.
PMID: 12075745

90: Corghi E, Patrosso C, Bamonti F, Baragetti I, Novembrino C, Lando G, De
Franceschi M, Buccianti G.
[Intravenous folinic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation and homocysteine
concentration in hemodialysis patients]
G Ital Nefrol. 2002 May-Jun;19(3):301-7. Italian.
PMID: 12195398

91: [No authors listed]
Folic acid lowers colon cancer risk.
Health News. 2002 May;8(5):5.
PMID: 12132408

92: Smith DL, Bodamer OA.
Practical management of combined methylmalonicaciduria and homocystinuria.
J Child Neurol. 2002 May;17(5):353-6.
PMID: 12150582

93: Reynolds EH.
Benefits and risks of folic acid to the nervous system.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2002 May;72(5):567-71. Review.
PMID: 11971038

94: Garrett AP, Garner EO, Goldstein DP, Berkowitz RS.
Methotrexate infusion and folinic acid as primary therapy for nonmetastatic and
low-risk metastatic gestational trophoblastic tumors. 15 years of experience.
J Reprod Med. 2002 May;47(5):355-62.
PMID: 12063874

95: Niyikiza C, Baker SD, Seitz DE, Walling JM, Nelson K, Rusthoven JJ, Stabler
SP, Paoletti P, Calvert AH, Allen RH.
Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid: markers to predict and avoid toxicity from
pemetrexed therapy.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2002 May;1(7):545-52.
PMID: 12479273

96: Koyama K, Usami T, Takeuchi O, Morozumi K, Kimura G.
Efficacy of methylcobalamin on lowering total homocysteine plasma
concentrations in haemodialysis patients receiving high-dose folic acid
supplementation.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 May;17(5):916-22.
PMID: 11981084

97: Buccianti G, Raselli S, Baragetti I, Bamonti F, Corghi E, Novembrino C,
Patrosso C, Maggi FM, Catapano AL.
5-methyltetrahydrofolate restores endothelial function in uraemic patients on
convective haemodialysis.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 May;17(5):857-64.
PMID: 11981074

98: Ducloux D, Aboubakr A, Motte G, Toubin G, Fournier V, Chalopin JM, Drueke T,
Massy ZA.
Hyperhomocysteinaemia therapy in haemodialysis patients: folinic versus folic
acid in combination with vitamin B6 and B12.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 May;17(5):865-70.
PMID: 11981075

99: Branda RF, Brooks EM, Chen Z, Naud SJ, Nicklas JA.
Dietary modulation of mitochondrial DNA deletions and copy number after
chemotherapy in rats.
Mutat Res. 2002 Apr 25;501(1-2):29-36.
PMID: 11934435

100: Baars A, Claessen AM, Wagstaff J, Giaccone G, Scheper RJ, Meijer S, Schakel
MJ, Gall HE, Meijer CJ, Vermorken JB, Pinedo HM, van den Eertwegh AJ.
A phase II study of active specific immunotherapy and 5-FU/Leucovorin as
adjuvant therapy for stage III colon carcinoma.
Br J Cancer. 2002 Apr 22;86(8):1230-4.
PMID: 11953877

101: Bennett-Richards K, Kattenhorn M, Donald A, Oakley G, Varghese Z, Rees L,
Deanfield JE.
Does oral folic acid lower total homocysteine levels and improve endothelial
function in children with chronic renal failure?
Circulation. 2002 Apr 16;105(15):1810-5.
PMID: 11956124

102: Sillender M.
Fortification of flour with folic acid. Fortification is needed now.
BMJ. 2002 Apr 13;324(7342):918.
PMID: 11951912

103: van der Dijs FP, Fokkema MR, Dijck-Brouwer DA, Niessink B, van der Wal TI,
Schnog JJ, Duits AJ, Muskiet FD, Muskiet FA.
Optimization of folic acid, vitamin B(12), and vitamin B(6) supplements in
pediatric patients with sickle cell disease.
Am J Hematol. 2002 Apr;69(4):239-46.
PMID: 11921017

104: Mayer O Jr, Simon J, Rosolova H, Hromadka M, Subrt I, Vobrubova I.
The effects of folate supplementation on some coagulation parameters and
oxidative status surrogates.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2002 Apr;58(1):1-5. Epub 2002 Feb 19.
PMID: 11956665

105: Misra A, Vikram NK, Pandey RM, Dwivedi M, Ahmad FU, Luthra K, Jain K,
Khanna N, Devi JR, Sharma R, Guleria R.
Hyperhomocysteinemia, and low intakes of folic acid and vitamin B12 in urban
North India.
Eur J Nutr. 2002 Apr;41(2):68-77.
PMID: 12083316

106: [No authors listed]
Homocysteine may raise Alzheimer's risk. Keep homocysteine levels in check by
getting enough folic acid in your diet.
Health News. 2002 Apr;8(4):4.
PMID: 11989454

107: De Vriese AS, Verbeke F, Schrijvers BF, Lameire NH.
Is folate a promising agent in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular
disease in patients with renal failure?
Kidney Int. 2002 Apr;61(4):1199-209. Review.
PMID: 11918726

108: Alpert JE, Mischoulon D, Rubenstein GE, Bottonari K, Nierenberg AA, Fava M.

Folinic acid (Leucovorin) as an adjunctive treatment for SSRI-refractory
depression.
Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2002 Mar;14(1):33-8.
PMID: 12046638

109: Fuchs CS, Willett WC, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Stampfer MJ, Speizer FE,
Giovannucci EL.
The influence of folate and multivitamin use on the familial risk of colon
cancer in women.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Mar;11(3):227-34.
PMID: 11895870

110: Ghanekar J, Kanani S, Patel S.
Toward better compliance with iron-folic acid supplements: understanding the
behavior of poor urban pregnant women through ethnographic decision models in
Vadodara, India.
Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Mar;23(1):65-72.
PMID: 11975371

111: Lynch SM.
Assessment of student pharmacists' knowledge concerning folic acid and
prevention of birth defects demonstrates a need for further education.
J Nutr. 2002 Mar;132(3):439-42.
PMID: 11880568

112: Hilton JJ.
Folic acid intake of young women.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2002 Mar-Apr;31(2):172-7.
PMID: 11926400

113: el-Swefy SE, Ali SI, Asker ME, Mohamed HE.
Hyperhomocysteinaemia and cardiovascular risk in female ovariectomized rats:
role of folic acid and hormone replacement therapy.
J Pharm Pharmacol. 2002 Mar;54(3):391-7.
PMID: 11902805

114: Hasenau SM, Covington C.
Neural tube defects.
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2002 Mar-Apr;27(2):87-91. Review.
PMID: 11984276

115: Billion S, Tribout B, Cadet E, Queinnec C, Rochette J, Wheatley P, Bataille
P.
Hyperhomocysteinaemia, folate and vitamin B12 in unsupplemented haemodialysis
patients: effect of oral therapy with folic acid and vitamin B12.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002 Mar;17(3):455-61.
PMID: 11865092

116: Abdelfatah A, Ducloux D, Toubin G, Motte G, Alber D, Chalopin JM.
Treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia with folic acid reduces oxidative stress in
renal transplant recipients.
Transplantation. 2002 Feb 27;73(4):663-5.
PMID: 11889451

117: Gorman C.
In praise of folic acid.
Time. 2002 Feb 25;159(8):73.
PMID: 11881186

118: Terry P, Jain M, Miller AB, Howe GR, Rohan TE.
Dietary intake of folic acid and colorectal cancer risk in a cohort of women.
Int J Cancer. 2002 Feb 20;97(6):864-7.
PMID: 11857369

119: Fohr IP, Prinz-Langenohl R, Bronstrup A, Bohlmann AM, Nau H, Berthold HK,
Pietrzik K.
5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype determines the plasma
homocysteine-lowering effect of supplementation with 5-methyltetrahydrofolate or
folic acid in healthy young women.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Feb;75(2):275-82.
PMID: 11815318

120: Shah BK, Gupta P.
Weekly vs daily iron and folic acid supplementation in adolescent Nepalese
girls.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002 Feb;156(2):131-5.
PMID: 11814373

121: Postma MJ, Londeman J, Veenstra M, de Walle HE, de Jong-van den Berg LT.
Cost-effectiveness of periconceptional supplementation of folic acid.
Pharm World Sci. 2002 Feb;24(1):8-11.
PMID: 11980171

122: Quinlivan EP, McPartlin J, McNulty H, Ward M, Strain JJ, Weir DG, Scott JM.

Importance of both folic acid and vitamin B12 in reduction of risk of vascular
disease.
Lancet. 2002 Jan 19;359(9302):227-8.
PMID: 11812560

123: Kolbach DN, Veraart JC, Hamulyak K, Spaapen LJ, Neumann HA.
Recurrent leg ulcers in a young man with hyperhomocysteinemia, factor V Leiden
and impaired fibrinolysis.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2002;82(1):52-4.
PMID: 12013200

124: Suprapto B, Widardo, Suhanantyo.
Effect of low-dosage vitamin A and riboflavin on iron-folate supplementation in
anaemic pregnant women.
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2002;11(4):263-7.
PMID: 12495257

125: Doshi SN, McDowell IF, Moat SJ, Payne N, Durrant HJ, Lewis MJ, Goodfellow
J.
Folic acid improves endothelial function in coronary artery disease via
mechanisms largely independent of homocysteine lowering.
Circulation. 2002 Jan 1;105(1):22-6.
PMID: 11772871

126: Berry RJ, Li Z.
Folic acid alone prevents neural tube defects: evidence from the China study.
Epidemiology. 2002 Jan;13(1):114-6.
PMID: 11805598

127: Xiao SD, Meng XJ, Shi Y, Hu YB, Zhu SS, Wang CW.
Interventional study of high dose folic acid in gastric carcinogenesis in
beagles.
Gut. 2002 Jan;50(1):61-4.
PMID: 11772968

128: Schulze-Bergkamen H, Zuna I, Teufel A, Stremmel W, Rudi J.
Treatment of advanced gastric cancer with etoposide, folinic acid, and
fluorouracil in the clinical setting: efficacy of therapy and value of serum
tumor markers.
Med Oncol. 2002;19(1):43-53.
PMID: 12025890

129: Teschner M, Kosch M, Schaefer RM.
Folate metabolism in renal failure.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2002;17 Suppl 5:24-7. Review. Erratum in: Nephrol Dial
Transplant. 2002 Oct;17(10):1862.
PMID: 12091603

130: Harnack L, Jacobs DR Jr, Nicodemus K, Lazovich D, Anderson K, Folsom AR.
Relationship of folate, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and methionine intake to
incidence of colorectal cancers.
Nutr Cancer. 2002;43(2):152-8.
PMID: 12588695

131: de Weerd S, Thomas CM, Cikot RJ, Steegers-Theunissen RP, de Boo TM,
Steegers EA.
Preconception counseling improves folate status of women planning pregnancy.
Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Jan;99(1):45-50.
PMID: 11777509

132: Rydlewicz A, Simpson JA, Taylor RJ, Bond CM, Golden MH.
The effect of folic acid supplementation on plasma homocysteine in an elderly
population.
QJM. 2002 Jan;95(1):27-35.
PMID: 11834770

133: Rinsky-Eng J, Miller L.
Knowledge, use, and education regarding folic acid supplementation:
continuation study of women in Colorado who had a pregnancy affected by a neural
tube defect.
Teratology. 2002;66 Suppl 1:S29-31.
PMID: 12239741

134: Xu D, Chen G, Li S, Cai Y, Chen H, Ling H, Li Z.
[Combined high dose leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil continuous infusion for
head-neck and digestive tract cancers]
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2002 Jan;24(1):93-5. Chinese.
PMID: 11977653

135: Wald NJ, Law MR, Morris JK, Wald DS.
Quantifying the effect of folic acid.
Lancet. 2001 Dec 15;358(9298):2069-73. Review. Erratum in: Lancet 2002 Feb
16;359(9306):630.
PMID: 11755633

136: SoRelle R.
Folate reduces homocysteine levels and lowers rate of restenosis.
Circulation. 2001 Dec 11;104(24):E9050-60.
PMID: 11764786

137: Thompson JR, Gerald PF, Willoughby ML, Armstrong BK.
Maternal folate supplementation in pregnancy and protection against acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia in childhood: a case-control study.
Lancet. 2001 Dec 8;358(9297):1935-40.
PMID: 11747917

138: Myers MF, Li S, Correa-Villasenor A, Li Z, Moore CA, Hong SX, Berry RJ;
China-US Collaborative Project for Neural Tube Defect Prevention.
Folic acid supplementation and risk for imperforate anus in China.
Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Dec 1;154(11):1051-6.
PMID: 11724722

139: Wein A, Riedel C, Kockerling F, Martus P, Baum U, Brueckl WM, Reck T, Ott
R, Hansler J, Bernatik T, Becker D, Schneider T, Hohenberger W, Hahn EG.
Impact of surgery on survival in palliative patients with metastatic colorectal
cancer after first line treatment with weekly 24-hour infusion of high-dose
5-fluorouracil and folinic acid.
Ann Oncol. 2001 Dec;12(12):1721-7.
PMID: 11843250

140: van Dijk RA, Rauwerda JA, Steyn M, Twisk JW, Stehouwer CD.
Long-term homocysteine-lowering treatment with folic acid plus pyridoxine is
associated with decreased blood pressure but not with improved brachial artery
endothelium-dependent vasodilation or carotid artery stiffness: a 2-year,
randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2001 Dec;21(12):2072-9.
PMID: 11742887

141: Pullin CH, Ashfield-Watt PA, Burr ML, Clark ZE, Lewis MJ, Moat SJ, Newcombe
RG, Powers HJ, Whiting JM, McDowell IF.
Optimization of dietary folate or low-dose folic acid supplements lower
homocysteine but do not enhance endothelial function in healthy adults,
irrespective of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (C677T) genotype.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Dec;38(7):1799-805.
PMID: 11738277

142: Choumenkovitch SF, Jacques PF, Nadeau MR, Wilson PW, Rosenberg IH, Selhub J.
Folic acid fortification increases red blood cell folate concentrations in the
Framingham study.
J Nutr. 2001 Dec;131(12):3277-80.
PMID: 11739880

143: Frishman GN, Spurrell TP, Heber WW.
Folic acid. Preconception knowledge and use by infertile women.
J Reprod Med. 2001 Dec;46(12):1025-30.
PMID: 11789081

144: Schnyder G, Roffi M, Pin R, Flammer Y, Lange H, Eberli FR, Meier B, Turi
ZG, Hess OM.
Decreased rate of coronary restenosis after lowering of plasma homocysteine
levels.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 29;345(22):1593-600.
PMID: 11757505

145: Guo W, Lee RJ.
Efficient gene delivery via non-covalent complexes of folic acid and
polyethylenimine.
J Control Release. 2001 Nov 9;77(1-2):131-8.
PMID: 11689266

146: Byrne J, Byrne C, Collins D.
Trends in periconceptional folic acid use by relatives in Irish families with
neural tube defects.
Ir Med J. 2001 Nov-Dec;94(10):302-5.
PMID: 11837628

147: Bayes B, Pastor MC, Bonal J, Junca J, Romero R.
Homocysteine and lipid peroxidation in haemodialysis: role of folinic acid and
vitamin E.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2001 Nov;16(11):2172-5.
PMID: 11682663

148: De Vecchi AF, Patrosso C, Novembrino C, Finazzi S, Colucci P, De Franceschi
M, Fasano MA, Bamonti-Catena F.
Folate supplementation in peritoneal dialysis patients with normal erythrocyte
folate: effect on plasma homocysteine.
Nephron. 2001 Nov;89(3):297-302.
PMID: 11598393

149: Watson M, Watson L, Bell R, Halliday J.
The increasing knowledge of the role of periconceptional folate in Victorian
women of child-bearing age: follow-up of a randomised community intervention
trial.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2001 Oct;25(5):389-95.
PMID: 11688615

150: McNulty H.
Increasing evidence in favour of mandatory fortification with folic acid.
Br J Nutr. 2001 Oct;86(4):425-6.
PMID: 11591228

151: Shrubsole MJ, Jin F, Dai Q, Shu XO, Potter JD, Hebert JR, Gao YT, Zheng W.
Dietary folate intake and breast cancer risk: results from the Shanghai Breast
Cancer Study.
Cancer Res. 2001 Oct 1;61(19):7136-41.
PMID: 11585746

152: Boushey CJ, Edmonds JW, Welshimer KJ.
Estimates of the effects of folic-acid fortification and folic-acid
bioavailability for women.
Nutrition. 2001 Oct;17(10):873-9.
PMID: 11684395

153: Hartung G, Hofheinz RD, Wein A, Riedel C, Rost A, Fritze D, Kreuser ED,
Drees M, Kuhnel J, Hehlmann R, Queisser W.
Phase II study of a weekly 24-hour infusion with 5-fluorouracil and
simultaneous sodium-folinic acid in the first-line treatment of metastatic
colorectal cancer.
Onkologie. 2001 Oct;24(5):457-62.
PMID: 11694772

154: Campbell RK.
The unnecessary epidemic of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and
anencephaly.
Pediatrics. 2001 Oct;108(4):1048-50.
PMID: 11589212

155: Bruce A.
[First results after folic acid fortification of cereals in the USA. Reduced
number of fetal abnormalities is evident]
Lakartidningen. 2001 Sep 26;98(39):4172-3. Swedish.
PMID: 11680149

156: Duthie SJ.
Folic-acid-mediated inhibition of human colon-cancer cell growth.
Nutrition. 2001 Sep;17(9):736-7.
PMID: 11527664

157: Stulc T, Melenovsky V, Grauova B, Kozich V, Ceska R.
Folate supplementation prevents plasma homocysteine increase after fenofibrate
therapy.
Nutrition. 2001 Sep;17(9):721-3.
PMID: 11527658

158: Tice JA, Ross E, Coxson PG, Rosenberg I, Weinstein MC, Hunink MG, Goldman
PA, Williams L, Goldman L.
Cost-effectiveness of vitamin therapy to lower plasma homocysteine levels for
the prevention of coronary heart disease: effect of grain fortification and
beyond.
JAMA. 2001 Aug 22-29;286(8):936-43.
PMID: 11509058

159: Julius U, Pietzsch J, Gromeier S, Schorr H, Herrmann W.
Homocysteine levels in patients treated with lipid apheresis: effect of a
vitamin therapy.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2001 Aug;31(8):667-71.
PMID: 11473567

160: Chakrapee-Sirisuk S, Sinlarat P, Lohsiriwat D, Lert-Akayamanee N,
Nimmanwudipong T, Srimuninnimit V, Vathanophas V, Arch-Yaemsuan P, Boonnuch W.
Uracil with ftorafur and low dose oral folinic acid in advanced colorectal
cancer.
J Med Assoc Thai. 2001 Aug;84(8):1142-7.
PMID: 11758850

161: Sen S, Manzoor A, Deviasumathy M, Newton C.
Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice regarding folic acid intake during
the periconceptional period.
Public Health Nutr. 2001 Aug;4(4):909-12.
PMID: 11527515

162: Cashel KM, Crawford D, Deakin V, Talbot B.
Is the link between nutrients and foods understood? The case of fibre and
folate.
Public Health Nutr. 2001 Aug;4(4):913-8.
PMID: 11527516

163: Fabre E, Gallo M, Lou AC, Juste G, Romero MS, Blasco C, Gonzalez De Aguero
R, Sobreviela M, Reyes-Engel A.
[Effects of levofolinic acid on plasma homocysteine concentrations in healthy
and young women in preconceptional care]
Med Clin (Barc). 2001 Jul 14;117(6):211-5. Spanish.
PMID: 11481095

164: Wiersma TJ.
[Netherlands Health Council report:'Risks associated with folic acid
fortification': those who don't risk, don't win]
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001 Jul 7;145(27):1282-5. Review. Dutch.
PMID: 11475017

165: Ahmed F, Khan MR, Jackson AA.
Concomitant supplemental vitamin A enhances the response to weekly supplemental
iron and folic acid in anemic teenagers in urban Bangladesh.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Jul;74(1):108-15.
PMID: 11451725

166: Buccianti G, Bamonti Catena F, Patrosso C, Corghi E, Novembrino C,
Baragetti I, Lando G, De Franceschi M, Maiolo AT.
Reduction of the homocysteine plasma concentration by intravenously
administered folinic acid and vitamin B(12) in uraemic patients on maintenance
haemodialysis.
Am J Nephrol. 2001 Jul-Aug;21(4):294-9.
PMID: 11509801

167: Polee MB, Kok TC, Siersema PD, Tilanus HW, Splinter TA, Stoter G, Van der
Gaast A.
Phase II study of the combination cisplatin, etoposide, 5-fluorouracil and
folinic acid in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus.
Anticancer Drugs. 2001 Jul;12(6):513-7.
PMID: 11459997

168: Garcia AA, Muggia FM, Spears CP, Jeffers S, Silberman H, Pujari M, Koda RT.

Phase I and pharmacologic study of i.v. hydroxyurea infusion given with i.p.
5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine and leucovorin.
Anticancer Drugs. 2001 Jul;12(6):505-11.
PMID: 11459996

169: van Ede AE, Laan RF, Rood MJ, Huizinga TW, van de Laar MA, van Denderen CJ,
Westgeest TA, Romme TC, de Rooij DJ, Jacobs MJ, de Boo TM, van der Wilt GJ,
Severens JL, Hartman M, Krabbe PF, Dijkmans BA, Breedveld FC, van de Putte LB.
Effect of folic or folinic acid supplementation on the toxicity and efficacy of
methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis: a forty-eight week, multicenter,
randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
Arthritis Rheum. 2001 Jul;44(7):1515-24.
PMID: 11465701

170: Williamson R.
Prevention of birth defects: folic acid.
Biol Res Nurs. 2001 Jul;3(1):33-8. Review.
PMID: 11885912

171: Bienengraber V, Malek FA, Moritz KU, Fanghanel J, Gundlach KK, Weingartner
J.
Is it possible to prevent cleft palate by prenatal administration of folic
acid? An experimental study.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2001 Jul;38(4):393-8.
PMID: 11420020

172: Chan A, Pickering J, Haan E, Netting M, Burford A, Johnson A, Keane RJ.
"Folate before pregnancy": the impact on women and health professionals of a
population-based health promotion campaign in South Australia.
Med J Aust. 2001 Jun 18;174(12):631-6.
PMID: 11480683

173: Voutilainen S, Rissanen TH, Virtanen J, Lakka TA, Salonen JT; Kuopio
Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.
Low dietary folate intake is associated with an excess incidence of acute
coronary events: The Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.
Circulation. 2001 Jun 5;103(22):2674-80.
PMID: 11390336

174: Budman DR, Johnson R, Barile B, Bowsher RR, Vinciguerra V, Allen SL, Kolitz
J, Ernest CS 2nd, Kreis W, Zervos P, Walling J.
Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of LY309887: a specific inhibitor of purine
biosynthesis.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2001 Jun;47(6):525-31.
PMID: 11459206

175: van den Bongard HJ, Mathjt RA, Boogerd W, Schornagel JH, Soesan M, Schellens
JH, Beijnen JH.
Successful rescue with leucovorin and thymidine in a patient with high-dose
methotrexate induced acute renal failure.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2001 Jun;47(6):537-40.
PMID: 11459208

176: Callender ES, Rickard R, Miller L, Rinsky-Eng J.
Knowledge and use of folic acid supplementation: a study of Colorado women
whose pregnancies were affected by a fetal neural tube defect.
Clin Invest Med. 2001 Jun;24(3):124-8.
PMID: 11437063

177: Howell SR, Barnett AG, Underwood MR.
The use of pre-conceptional folic acid as an indicator of uptake of a health
message amongst white and Bangladeshi women in Tower Hamlets, east London.
Fam Pract. 2001 Jun;18(3):300-3.
PMID: 11356738

178: Oleary M, Donnell RM, Johnson H.
Folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects in 2000 improved
awareness--low peri-conceptional uptake.
Ir Med J. 2001 Jun;94(6):180-1.
PMID: 11495236

179: Thambyrajah J, Landray MJ, Jones HJ, McGlynn FJ, Wheeler DC, Townend JN.
A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial of the effect of
homocysteine-lowering therapy with folic acid on endothelial function in
patients with coronary artery disease.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Jun 1;37(7):1858-63.
PMID: 11401123

180: Yukawa M, Naka H, Murata Y, Katayama S, Kohriyama T, Mimori Y, Nakamura S.
Folic acid-responsive neurological diseases in Japan.
J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo). 2001 Jun;47(3):181-7.
PMID: 11575572

181: Sepe V, Ottone S, Patrucco G, Cecere P, Colombo P, Cagna G, Costantini L,
Piccini G, Filiberti O, Peona C.
[Effectiveness of oral supplements of folates, vitamins B12 and B6 in
hemodialysed patients. Preliminary results after 5 months of follow-up]
Minerva Urol Nefrol. 2001 Jun;53(2):57-9. Italian.
PMID: 11455311

182: Holven KB, Holm T, Aukrust P, Christensen B, Kjekshus J, Andreassen AK,
Gullestad L, Hagve TA, Svilaas A, Ose L, Nenseter MS.
Effect of folic acid treatment on endothelium-dependent vasodilation and nitric
oxide-derived end products in hyperhomocysteinemic subjects.
Am J Med. 2001 May;110(7):536-42.
PMID: 11343667

183: Perlow JH.
Comparative use and knowledge of preconceptional folic acid among Spanish- and
English-speaking patient populations in Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2001 May;184(6):1263-6.
PMID: 11349199

184: Toride Y, Tominaga M, Takeuchi H, Miyashiro S, Mizuno Y, Kokue E.
Digested bacterial cell powder (DBCP) as a source of reduced-form folates for
pigs: use of a trimethoprim-resistant strain and the bioavailability of folates
in DBCP.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2001 May;65(5):1090-4.
PMID: 11440122

185: Ward M.
Homocysteine, folate, and cardiovascular disease.
Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2001 May;71(3):173-8. Review.
PMID: 11582839

186: Copur MS, Capadano M, Lynch J, Goertzen T, McCowan T, Brand R, Tempero M.
Alternating hepatic arterial infusion and systemic chemotherapy for liver
metastases from colorectal cancer: a phase II trial using intermittent
percutaneous hepatic arterial access.
J Clin Oncol. 2001 May 1;19(9):2404-12.
PMID: 11331319

187: Dawson LE, Pham B, Hunter AG.
Low rate of adequate folic acid supplementation in well-educated women of high
socioeconomic status attending a genetics clinic.
CMAJ. 2001 Apr 17;164(8):1149-50.
PMID: 11338800

188: Konings EJ, Roomans HH, Dorant E, Goldbohm RA, Saris WH, van den Brandt PA.
Folate intake of the Dutch population according to newly established liquid
chromatography data for foods.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Apr;73(4):765-76.
PMID: 11273852

189: Hauser AC, Hagen W, Rehak PH, Buchmayer H, Fodinger M, Papagiannopoulos M,
Bieglmayer C, Apsner R, Koller E, Ignatescu M, Horl WH, Sunder-Plassmann G.
Efficacy of folinic versus folic acid for the correction of
hyperhomocysteinemia in hemodialysis patients.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2001 Apr;37(4):758-65.
PMID: 11273876

190: [No authors listed]
Fabulous folate.
Harv Womens Health Watch. 2001 Apr;8(8):3-4.
PMID: 11340039

191: Caudill MA, Le T, Moonie SA, Esfahani ST, Cogger EA.
Folate status in women of childbearing age residing in Southern California
after folic acid fortification.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2001 Apr;20(2 Suppl):129-34. Erratum in: J Am Coll Nutr 2001
Jun;20(3):268.
PMID: 11349935

192: Dierkes J, Domrose U, Bosselmann KP, Neumann KH, Luley C.
Homocysteine lowering effect of different multivitamin preparations in patients
with end-stage renal disease.
J Ren Nutr. 2001 Apr;11(2):67-72.
PMID: 11295026

193: Molloy AM, Scott JM.
Folates and prevention of disease.
Public Health Nutr. 2001 Apr;4(2B):601-9. Review.
PMID: 11683553

194: Shahin AA, Ismail MM, Saleh AM, Moustafa HA, Aboul-Ella AA, Gabr HM.
Protective effect of folinic acid on low-dose methotrexate genotoxicity.
Z Rheumatol. 2001 Apr;60(2):63-8.
PMID: 11383050

195: Zhao R, Russell RG, Wang Y, Liu L, Gao F, Kneitz B, Edelmann W, Goldman ID.
Rescue of embryonic lethality in reduced folate carrier-deficient mice by maternal folic acid supplementation reveals early neonatal failure of hematopoietic organs.
J Biol Chem. 2001 Mar 30;276(13):10224-8.
PMID: 11266438

196: Wald DS, Bishop L, Wald NJ, Law M, Hennessy E, Weir D, McPartlin J, Scott J.
Randomized trial of folic acid supplementation and serum homocysteine levels.
Arch Intern Med. 2001 Mar 12;161(5):695-700.
PMID: 11231701

197: Koehler KM, Baumgartner RN, Garry PJ, Allen RH, Stabler SP, Rimm EB.
Association of folate intake and serum homocysteine in elderly persons according to vitamin supplementation and alcohol use.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Mar;73(3):628-37.
PMID: 11237942

198: Morin VI, Mondor M, Wilson RD.
Knowledge on periconceptional use of folic acid in women of British Columbia.
Fetal Diagn Ther. 2001 Mar-Apr;16(2):111-5.
PMID: 11173959

199: Gross SM, Caufield LA, Kinsman SL, Ireys HT.
Inadequate folic acid intakes are prevalent among young women with neural tube defects.
J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Mar;101(3):342-5.
PMID: 11269615

200: DiPietro NA, Kier KL.
An educational intervention about folic acid and healthy pregnancies targeted
at college-age women.
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash). 2001 Mar-Apr;41(2):283-5.
PMID: 11297338

201: Koebnick C, Heins UA, Hoffmann I, Dagnelie PC, Leitzmann C.
Folate status during pregnancy in women is improved by long-term high vegetable
intake compared with the average western diet.
J Nutr. 2001 Mar;131(3):733-9. Erratum in: J Nutr 2001 May;131(5):1586.
PMID: 11238752

202: Manns B, Hyndman E, Burgess E, Parsons H, Schaefer J, Snyder F, Scott-Douglas N.
Oral vitamin B(12) and high-dose folic acid in hemodialysis patients with hyper-homocyst(e)inemia.
Kidney Int. 2001 Mar;59(3):1103-9.
PMID: 11231366

203: Martinez-de Villarreal LE, Limon-Benavides C, Valdez-Leal R, Sanchez-Pena
MA, Villarreal-Perez JZ.
[Impact of weekly administration of folic acid on folic acid blood levels]
Salud Publica Mex. 2001 Mar-Apr;43(2):103-7. Spanish.
PMID: 11381838

204: Wald NJ, Hackshaw AK.
Folic acid and miscarriage: an unjustified link.
Am J Med Genet. 2001 Jan 15;98(2):204.
PMID: 11223859

205: Kim YI, Baik HW, Fawaz K, Knox T, Lee YM, Norton R, Libby E, Mason JB.
Effects of folate supplementation on two provisional molecular markers of colon
cancer: a prospective, randomized trial.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Jan;96(1):184-95.
PMID: 11197251

206: Su LJ, Arab L.
Nutritional status of folate and colon cancer risk: evidence from NHANES I
epidemiologic follow-up study.
Ann Epidemiol. 2001 Jan;11(1):65-72.
PMID: 11164122

207: Scott JM.
Evidence of folic acid and folate in the prevention of neural tube defects.
Bibl Nutr Dieta. 2001;(55):192-5. Review.
PMID: 11125577

208: Kapur B, Koren G.
Motherisk alert: Folic acid fortification of flour--three years later.
Can J Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Summer;8(2):91-2. English, French.
PMID: 11493937

209: Melilli GA, Cormio G, Putignano G, Loverro G, Selvaggi L.
Successful treatment of cervical and simultaneous cervico-isthmic pregnancy
with methotrexate.
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol. 2001;28(2):89-90.
PMID: 11491382

210: Henning BF, Tepel M, Riezler R, Naurath HJ.
Long-term effects of vitamin B(12), folate, and vitamin B(6) supplements in
elderly people with normal serum vitamin B(12) concentrations.
Gerontology. 2001 Jan-Feb;47(1):30-5.
PMID: 11244289

211: Ziakka S, Rammos G, Kountouris S, Doulgerakis C, Karakasis P, Kourvelou C,
Papagalanis N.
The effect of vitamin B6 and folate supplements on plasma homocysteine and
serum lipids levels in patients on regular hemodialysis.
Int Urol Nephrol. 2001;33(3):559-62.
PMID: 12230295

212: Blacher J, Safar ME.
Homocysteine, folic acid, B vitamins and cardiovascular risk.
J Nutr Health Aging. 2001;5(3):196-9. Review.
PMID: 11458292

213: Malinow MR, Duell PB, Williams MA, Kruger WD, Evans AA, Anderson PH, Block
PC, Hess DL, Upson BM, Graf EE, Irvin-Jones A, Wang L.
Short-term folic acid supplementation induces variable and paradoxical changes
in plasma homocyst(e)ine concentrations.
Lipids. 2001;36 Suppl:S27-32.
PMID: 11837988

214: Buyse M.
Preconceptual folic acid: opportunity for preconceptual counseling offers
opportunity to help prevent neural tube defects.
Med Health R I. 2001 Jan;84(1):21.
PMID: 11210288

215: Endresen GK, Husby G.
Folate supplementation during methotrexate treatment of patients with
rheumatoid arthritis. An update and proposals for guidelines.
Scand J Rheumatol. 2001;30(3):129-34. Review.
PMID: 11469521

216: Nallamothu BK, Fendrick AM, Rubenfire M, Saint S, Bandekar RR, Omenn GS.
Potential clinical and economic effects of homocyst(e)ine lowering.
Arch Intern Med. 2000 Dec 11-25;160(22):3406-12.
PMID: 11112233

217: Gil Z, Aran A, Friedman O, Beni-Adani L, Constantini S.
[Folic acid use by pregnant women in Israel for preventing neural tube defects]
Harefuah. 2000 Dec;139(11-12):416-20, 495. Hebrew.
PMID: 11341184

218: Central Technical Co-ordinating Unit, ICMRCentral Technical Co-ordinating
Unit, ICMR..
Multicentric study of efficacy of periconceptional folic acid containing
vitamin supplementation in prevention of open neural tube defects from India.
Indian J Med Res. 2000 Dec;112:206-11.
PMID: 11247198

219: Copp AJ, Greene ND.
Neural tube defects: prevention by folic acid and other vitamins.
Indian J Pediatr. 2000 Dec;67(12):915-21. Review.
PMID: 11262991

220: Ruan Y, Peterson MH, Wauson EM, Waes JG, Finnell RH, Vorce RL.
Folic acid protects SWV/Fnn embryo fibroblasts against arsenic toxicity.
Toxicol Lett. 2000 Nov 20;117(3):129-37.
PMID: 11087978

221: Chambers JC, Ueland PM, Obeid OA, Wrigley J, Refsum H, Kooner JS.
Improved vascular endothelial function after oral B vitamins: An effect
mediated through reduced concentrations of free plasma homocysteine.
Circulation. 2000 Nov 14;102(20):2479-83.
PMID: 11076820

222: Rasmussen LB, Ovesen L, Bulow I, Knudsen N, Laurberg P, Perrild H.
Folate intake, lifestyle factors, and homocysteine concentrations in younger
and older women.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Nov;72(5):1156-63.
PMID: 11063443

223: Brouwer IA, van Dusseldorp M, Thomas CMG, Duran M, Hautvast JGAJ, Eskes
TKAB, Steegers-Theunissen RP.
Low-Dose folic acid supplementation decreases plasma homocysteine
concentrations: a randomised trial.
Indian Heart J. 2000 Nov-Dec;52(7 Suppl):S53-58.
PMID: 11339442

224: Coppen A, Bailey J.
Enhancement of the antidepressant action of fluoxetine by folic acid: a
randomised, placebo controlled trial.
J Affect Disord. 2000 Nov;60(2):121-30.
PMID: 10967371

225: Czeizel AE.
Primary prevention of neural-tube defects and some other major congenital
abnormalities: recommendations for the appropriate use of folic acid during
pregnancy.
Paediatr Drugs. 2000 Nov-Dec;2(6):437-49. Review.
PMID: 11127844

226: Pulik M, Lionnet F, Genet P.
Successful treatment of lamotrigine-induced erythroblastopenic crisis with
folinic acid.
Neurology. 2000 Oct 24;55(8):1235-6.
PMID: 11071512

227: Rampersaud GC, Kauwell GP, Hutson AD, Cerda JJ, Bailey LB.
Genomic DNA methylation decreases in response to moderate folate depletion in
elderly women.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Oct;72(4):998-1003.
PMID: 11010943

228: De Leo V, La Marca A, Morgante G, Ciani F, Zammarchi E, Setacci C.
Low-dose folic acid supplementation reduces plasma levels of the cardiovascular
risk factor homocysteine in postmenopausal women.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Oct;183(4):945-7.
PMID: 11035344

229: Song J, Medline A, Mason JB, Gallinger S, Kim YI.
Effects of dietary folate on intestinal tumorigenesis in the apcMin mouse.
Cancer Res. 2000 Oct 1;60(19):5434-40.
PMID: 11034085

230: Lowenthal EA, Mayo MS, Cornwell PE, Thornley-Brown D.
Homocysteine elevation in sickle cell disease.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2000 Oct;19(5):608-12.
PMID: 11022874

231: Stevenson RE, Allen WP, Pai GS, Best R, Seaver LH, Dean J, Thompson S.
Decline in prevalence of neural tube defects in a high-risk region of the
United States.
Pediatrics. 2000 Oct;106(4):677-83.
PMID: 11015508

232: Brent RL, Oakley GP Jr, Mattison DR.
The unnecessary epidemic of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and
anencephaly.
Pediatrics. 2000 Oct;106(4):825-7.
PMID: 11015526

233: Griffith SM, Fisher J, Clarke S, Montgomery B, Jones PW, Saklatvala J,
Dawes PT, Shadforth MF, Hothersall TE, Hassell AB, Hay EM.
Do patients with rheumatoid arthritis established on methotrexate and folic
acid 5 mg daily need to continue folic acid supplements long term?
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2000 Oct;39(10):1102-9.
PMID: 11035130

234: Pearce KA, Boosalis MG, Yeager B.
Update on vitamin supplements for the prevention of coronary disease and
stroke.
Am Fam Physician. 2000 Sep 15;62(6):1359-66. Review.
PMID: 11011864

235: van der Pal-de Bruin KM, Buitendijk SE, Hirasing RA, den Ouden AL.
[Prevalence of neural tube defects in births before and after promotion of
periconceptional folic acid supplementation]
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2000 Sep 2;144(36):1732-6. Dutch.
PMID: 10992899

236: Title LM, Cummings PM, Giddens K, Genest JJ Jr, Nassar BA.
Effect of folic acid and antioxidant vitamins on endothelial dysfunction in
patients with coronary artery disease.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Sep;36(3):758-65.
PMID: 10987596

237: Carpentier Y.
[Atherosclerosis and micronutrients]
Rev Med Brux. 2000 Sep;21(4):A363-6. Review. French.
PMID: 11068495

238: Dobson R.
Folic acid researchers honoured.
BMJ. 2000 Aug 12;321(7258):400.
PMID: 10938037

239: Louvet C, Coudray AM, Tournigand C, Prevost S, Raymond E, de Gramont A,
Chazard M, Gespach C.
Synergistic antitumoral activity of combined UFT, folinic acid and oxaliplatin
against human colorectal HT29 cell xenografts in athymic nude mice.
Anticancer Drugs. 2000 Aug;11(7):579-82.
PMID: 11036962

240: Margolis K.
Cervical pregnancy treated with a single intravenous administration of
methotrexate plus oral folinic acid.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2000 Aug;40(3):347-9.
PMID: 11065047

241: Malinow MR, Duell PB, Irvin-Jones A, Upson BM, Graf EE.
Increased plasma homocyst(e)ine after withdrawal of ready-to-eat breakfast
cereal from the diet: prevention by breakfast cereal providing 200 microg folic
acid.
J Am Coll Nutr. 2000 Aug;19(4):452-7.
PMID: 10963464

242: MacMahon M, Kirkpatrick C, Cummings CE, Clayton A, Robinson PJ, Tomiak RH, Liu M, Kush D, Tobert J.
A pilot study with simvastatin and folic acid/vitamin B12 in preparation for
the Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and
Homocysteine (SEARCH).
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2000 Aug;10(4):195-203. Erratum in: Nutr Metab
Cardiovasc Dis 2001 Aug;11(4):III.
PMID: 11079257

243: Murphy M, Whiteman D, Stone D, Botting B, Schorah C, Wild J.
Dietary folate and the prevalence of neural tube defects in the British Isles:
the past two decades.
BJOG. 2000 Jul;107(7):885-9.
PMID: 10901560

244: Kim YI, Shirwadkar S, Choi SW, Puchyr M, Wang Y, Mason JB.
Effects of dietary folate on DNA strand breaks within mutation-prone exons of
the p53 gene in rat colon.
Gastroenterology. 2000 Jul;119(1):151-61.
PMID: 10889164

245: Iqbal MM.
Periconceptional folic acid to prevent neural tube defects.
N C Med J. 2000 Jul-Aug;61(4):218-9.
PMID: 10917040

246: Lorenzi AR, Johnson AH, Gough A.
Daily folate supplementation is adequate prophylaxis against
methotrexate-induced nausea and vomiting and avoids the need for expensive
anti-emetic prescription.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2000 Jul;39(7):812-3.
PMID: 10908708

247: Li Z, Berry RJ, Li S.
[Preventing neural tube defects with periconceptional folic acid
supplementation: a population-based intervention program in the China]
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2000 Jul;80(7):493-8. Chinese.
PMID: 11798805

248: Song J, Sohn KJ, Medline A, Ash C, Gallinger S, Kim YI.
Chemopreventive effects of dietary folate on intestinal polyps in Apc+/-Msh2-/-
mice.
Cancer Res. 2000 Jun 15;60(12):3191-9.
PMID: 10866310

249: Vollset SE, Lande B.
Knowledge and attitudes of folate, and use of dietary supplements among women
of reproductive age in Norway 1998.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2000 Jun;79(6):513-9.
PMID: 10857878

250: Riddell LJ, Chisholm A, Williams S, Mann JI.
Dietary strategies for lowering homocysteine concentrations.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Jun;71(6):1448-54.
PMID: 10837284

251: Kauwell GP, Lippert BL, Wilsky CE, Herrlinger-Garcia K, Hutson AD,
Theriaque DW, Rampersaud GC, Cerda JJ, Bailey LB.
Folate status of elderly women following moderate folate depletion responds
only to a higher folate intake.
J Nutr. 2000 Jun;130(6):1584-90.
PMID: 10827214

252: Bostom AG, Shemin D, Gohh RY, Beaulieu AJ, Jacques PF, Dworkin L, Selhub J.
Treatment of mild hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplant recipients versus
hemodialysis patients.
Transplantation. 2000 May 27;69(10):2128-31.
PMID: 10852611

253: McNulty H, Cuskelly GJ, Ward M.
Response of red blood cell folate to intervention: implications for folate
recommendations for the prevention of neural tube defects.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 May;71(5 Suppl):1308S-11S. Review.
PMID: 10799407

254: Scholl TO, Johnson WG.
Folic acid: influence on the outcome of pregnancy.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 May;71(5 Suppl):1295S-303S. Review.
PMID: 10799405

255: Santhosh-Kumar CR, Bisping JS, Kick SD, Deutsch JC, Kolhouse JF.
Folate sufficient subjects do not accumulate additional folates during supplementation.
Am J Hematol. 2000 May;64(1):71-2.
PMID: 10815792

256: Kruger WD, Evans AA, Wang L, Malinow MR, Duell PB, Anderson PH, Block PC,
Hess DL, Graf EE, Upson B.
Polymorphisms in the CBS gene associated with decreased risk of coronary artery
disease and increased responsiveness to total homocysteine lowering by folic
acid.
Mol Genet Metab. 2000 May;70(1):53-60.
PMID: 10833331

257: Fernandez-Miranda C, Gomez P, Diaz-Rubio P, Estenoz J, Carillo JL, Andres
A, Morales JM.
Plasma homocysteine levels in renal transplanted patients on cyclosporine or
tacrolimus therapy: effect of treatment with folic acid.
Clin Transplant. 2000 Apr;14(2):110-4.
PMID: 10770414

258: Arnadottir M, Gudnason V, Hultberg B.
Treatment with different doses of folic acid in haemodialysis patients: effects
on folate distribution and aminothiol concentrations.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2000 Apr;15(4):524-8.
PMID: 10727548

259: Vermeulen EG, Rauwerda JA, Erix P, de Jong SC, Twisk JW, Jakobs C, Witjes
RJ, Stehouwer CD.
Normohomocysteinaemia and vitamin-treated hyperhomocysteinaemia are associated
with similar risks of cardiovascular events in patients with premature
atherothrombotic cerebrovascular disease. A prospective cohort study.
Neth J Med. 2000 Apr;56(4):138-46.
PMID: 10727759

260: van der Pal-de Bruin KM, de Walle HE, Jeeninga W, de Rover C, Cornel MC, de
Jong-van den Berg LT, Schouten J, Brand R, Buitendijk SE.
The Dutch 'Folic Acid Campaign'--have the goals been achieved?
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2000 Apr;14(2):111-7.
PMID: 10791653

261: Sharma A, Prasad K, Rao KV.
Identification of an appropriate strategy to control anemia in adolescent girls
of poor communities.
Indian Pediatr. 2000 Mar;37(3):261-7.
PMID: 10750067

262: Schnog JB, van der Dijs FP, Brouwer DA, Duits AJ, Muskiet FD, Muskiet FA.
Plasma homocysteine levels in sickle cell disease and the need for folate supplementation.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2000 Mar-Apr;22(2):184-5; author reply 185-6.
PMID: 10779038

263: Vermeulen EG, Stehouwer CD, Twisk JW, van den Berg M, de Jong SC, Mackaay
AJ, van Campen CM, Visser FC, Jakobs CA, Bulterjis EJ, Rauwerda JA.
Effect of homocysteine-lowering treatment with folic acid plus vitamin B6 on
progression of subclinical atherosclerosis: a randomised, placebo-controlled
trial.
Lancet. 2000 Feb 12;355(9203):517-22.
PMID: 10683000

264: Elkin AC, Higham J.
Folic acid supplements are more effective than increased dietary folate intake
in elevating serum folate levels.
BJOG. 2000 Feb;107(2):285-9.
PMID: 10688516

265: Achon M, Alonso-Aperte E, Reyes L, Ubeda N, Varela-Moreiras G.
High-dose folic acid supplementation in rats: effects on gestation and the
methionine cycle.
Br J Nutr. 2000 Feb;83(2):177-83.
PMID: 10743497

266: Kanani SJ, Poojara RH.
Supplementation with iron and folic acid enhances growth in adolescent Indian
girls.
J Nutr. 2000 Feb;130(2S Suppl):452S-455S.
PMID: 10721926

267: Jus'at I, Achadi EL, Galloway R, Dyanto A, Zazri A, Supratikto G, Zizic L,
Elder L.
Reaching young Indonesian women through marriage registries: an innovative
approach for anemia control.
J Nutr. 2000 Feb;130(2S Suppl):456S-458S.
PMID: 10721927

268: Bunout D, Garrido A, Suazo M, Kauffman R, Venegas P, de la Maza P, Petermann
M, Hirsch S.
Effects of supplementation with folic acid and antioxidant vitamins on
homocysteine levels and LDL oxidation in coronary patients.
Nutrition. 2000 Feb;16(2):107-10.
PMID: 10696633

269: Iqbal MM.
Prevention of neural tube defects by periconceptional use of folic acid.
Pediatr Rev. 2000 Feb;21(2):58-66; quiz 66.
PMID: 10660632

270: Cortes F, Hirsch S, de la Maza MP.
[The importance of folic acid in current medicine]
Rev Med Chil. 2000 Feb;128(2):213-20. Review. Spanish.
PMID: 10962892

271: Gonzalez Ordonez AJ, Medina Rodriguez JM, Fernandez Alvarez CR, Sanchez
Garcia J, Fernandez Carreira JM, Alvarez Martinez MV, Coto Garcia E.
[Lowering high levels of fasting total homocysteine with folic acid and
vitamins B in patients with venous thromboembolism: relationship between
response and the C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHRF) genotype]
Med Clin (Barc). 2000 Jan 15;114(1):7-12. Spanish.
PMID: 10782453

272: [No authors listed]
Neural tube defect surveillance and folic acid intervention--Texas-Mexico
border, 1993-1998.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2000 Jan 14;49(1):1-4.
PMID: 10993565

273: Brouwer IA, van Rooij IA, van Dusseldorp M, Thomas CM, Blom HJ, Hautvast
JG, Eskes TK, Steegers-Theunissen RP.
Homocysteine-lowering effect of 500 microg folic acid every other day versus
250 microg/day.
Ann Nutr Metab. 2000;44(5-6):194-7.
PMID: 11146323

274: Roberts JD, Poplin EA, Tombes MB, Kyle B, Spicer DV, Grant S, Synold T,
Moran R.
Weekly lometrexol with daily oral folic acid is appropriate for phase II
evaluation.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2000;45(2):103-10.
PMID: 10663624

275: Korzets A, Ori Y, Chagnac A, Weinstein T, Herman M, Zevin D, Malachi T,
Gafter U.
Erythropoietin, folic acid deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia: is there a
possible relationship in chronically hemodialyzed patients?
Clin Nephrol. 2000 Jan;53(1):48-54.
PMID: 10661482

276: Ortiz Z, Shea B, Suarez Almazor M, Moher D, Wells G, Tugwell P.
Folic acid and folinic acid for reducing side effects in patients receiving
methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2000;(2):CD000951. Review.
PMID: 10796393

277: Bianchi F, Calzolari E, Ciulli L, Cordier S, Gualandi F, Pierini A, Mossey P.
[Environment and genetics in the etiology of cleft lip and cleft palate with
reference to the role of folic acid]
Epidemiol Prev. 2000 Jan-Feb;24(1):21-7. Review. Italian.
PMID: 10748547

278: Selhub J, Jacques PF, Bostom AG, Wilson PW, Rosenberg IH.
Relationship between plasma homocysteine and vitamin status in the Framingham
study population. Impact of folic acid fortification.
Public Health Rev. 2000;28(1-4):117-45.
PMID: 11411265

279: Clarke R, Armitage J.
Vitamin supplements and cardiovascular risk: review of the randomized trials of
homocysteine-lowering vitamin supplements.
Semin Thromb Hemost. 2000;26(3):341-8. Review.
PMID: 11011852

280: Law M.
Fortifying food with folic acid.
Semin Thromb Hemost. 2000;26(3):349-52. Review.
PMID: 11011853

281: Schader I, Corwin P.
How many pregnant women in Christchurch are using folic acid supplements in
early pregnancy?
N Z Med J. 1999 Dec 10;112(1101):463-5.
PMID: 10678210

282: Huttly WJ, Wald NJ, Walters JC.
Folic acid supplementation before pregnancy remains inadequate.
BMJ. 1999 Dec 4;319(7223):1499.
PMID: 10582947

283: Mattison DR.
Folic acid requirements for women of childbearing age.
Am Fam Physician. 1999 Dec;60(9):2510, 2515. Erratum in:
Am Fam Physician 2000 Apr 15;61(8):2344.
PMID: 10605989

284: Chao CL, Chien KL, Lee YT.
Effect of short-term vitamin (folic acid, vitamins B6 and B12) administration
on endothelial dysfunction induced by post-methionine load hyperhomocysteinemia.
Am J Cardiol. 1999 Dec 1;84(11):1359-61, A8.
PMID: 10614808

285: Beaulieu AJ, Gohh RY, Han H, Hakas D, Jacques PF, Selhub J, Bostom AG.
Enhanced reduction of fasting total homocysteine levels with supraphysiological
versus standard multivitamin dose folic acid supplementation in renal transplant
recipients.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999 Dec;19(12):2918-21.
PMID: 10591669

286: Constans J, Blann AD, Resplandy F, Parrot F, Renard M, Seigneur M, Guerin
V, Boisseau M, Conri C.
Three months supplementation of hyperhomocysteinaemic patients with folic acid
and vitamin B6 improves biological markers of endothelial dysfunction.
Br J Haematol. 1999 Dec;107(4):776-8.
PMID: 10606884

287: Ulrich M, Kristoffersen K, Rolschau J, Grinsted P, Schaumburg E, Foged N.
The influence of folic acid supplement on the outcome of pregnancies in the
county of Funen in Denmark. Part III. Congenital anomalies. An observational
study.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1999 Dec;87(2):115-8; discussion 103-4.
PMID: 10597957

288: Ulrich M, Kristoffersen K, Rolschau J, Grinsted P, Schaumburg E, Foged N.
The influence of folic acid supplement on the outcome of pregnancies in the
county of Funen in Denmark. Part II. Congenital anomalies. A randomised study.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1999 Dec;87(2):111-3; discussion 103-4.
PMID: 10597956

289: Rolschau J, Kristoffersen K, Ulrich M, Grinsted P, Schaumburg E, Foged N.
The influence of folic acid supplement on the outcome of pregnancies in the
county of Funen in Denmark. Part I.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1999 Dec;87(2):105-10; discussion 103-4.
PMID: 10597955

290: Woo KS, Chook P, Lolin YI, Sanderson JE, Metreweli C, Celermajer DS.
Folic acid improves arterial endothelial function in adults with
hyperhomocystinemia.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Dec;34(7):2002-6.
PMID: 10588216

291: Bjorkegren K, Svardsudd K.
Elevated serum levels of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine in elderly people.
A population-based intervention study.
J Intern Med. 1999 Dec;246(6):603-11.
PMID: 10620093

292: Touam M, Zingraff J, Jungers P, Chadefaux-Vekemans B, Drueke T, Massy ZA.
Effective correction of hyperhomocysteinemia in hemodialysis patients by
intravenous folinic acid and pyridoxine therapy.
Kidney Int. 1999 Dec;56(6):2292-6.
PMID: 10594808

293: Orn P.
[Reduced number of neural tube defects after folic acid supplementation in China]
Lakartidningen. 1999 Dec 1;96(48):5336. Swedish.
PMID: 10612975

294: Jungers P, Joly D, Massy Z, Chauveau P, Nguyen AT, Aupetit J, Chadefaux B.
Sustained reduction of hyperhomocysteinaemia with folic acid supplementation in
predialysis patients.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1999 Dec;14(12):2903-6.
PMID: 10570095

295: Paros A, Beck SL.
Folinic acid reduces cleft lip [CL(P)] in A/WySn mice.
Teratology. 1999 Dec;60(6):344-7.
PMID: 10590395

296: Berry RJ, Li Z, Erickson JD, Li S, Moore CA, Wang H, Mulinare J, Zhao P,
Wong LY, Gindler J, Hong SX, Correa A.
Prevention of neural-tube defects with folic acid in China. China-U.S.
Collaborative Project for Neural Tube Defect Prevention [corrected; erratum to
be published]
N Engl J Med. 1999 Nov 11;341(20):1485-90.
PMID: 10559448

297: Chait A, Malinow MR, Nevin DN, Morris CD, Eastgard RL, Kris-Etherton P,
Pi-Sunyer FX, Oparil S, Resnick LM, Stern JS, Haynes RB, Hatton DC, Metz JA,
Clark S, McMahon M, Holcomb S, Reusser ME, Snyder GW, McCarron DA.
Increased dietary micronutrients decrease serum homocysteine concentrations in
patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Nov;70(5):881-7.
PMID: 10539749

298: Werler MM, Louik C, Mitchell AA.
Achieving a public health recommendation for preventing neural tube defects
with folic acid.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Nov;89(11):1637-40.
PMID: 10553381

299: Kuwa K, Sakamoto S, Mitamura T, Kudo H, Suzuki S, Fukushima M.
Effects of a low dose leucovorin with 5-fluorouracil derivative on colorectal
tumors induced with 1,2-dimethylhydrazine in rats.
Anticancer Res. 1999 Nov-Dec;19(6B):5143-8.
PMID: 10697524

300: Koren G.
Folic acid and neural tube defects. Good news at last!
Can Fam Physician. 1999 Nov;45:2605-6.
PMID: 10587764

301: Shin JH, Shiota K.
Folic acid supplementation of pregnant mice suppresses heat-induced neural tube
defects in the offspring.
J Nutr. 1999 Nov;129(11):2070-3.
PMID: 10539786

302: Novakov-Mikic A, Vejnovic T, Ivanovic L, Budakov D.
[Folic acid in the prevention of neural tube defects]
Med Pregl. 1999 Nov-Dec;52(11-12):509-14. Review. Croatian.
PMID: 10748777

303: [No authors listed]
Folic acid campaign and evaluation--southwestern Virginia, 1997-1999.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999 Oct 15;48(40):914-7.
PMID: 12432906

304: Pearson K.
Folic acid to prevent recurrence of neural tube defects.
J Okla State Med Assoc. 1999 Oct;92(10):513.
PMID: 10528476

305: Szumska A, Mazur J.
[Evaluation of knowledge, attitudes and practice in healthy women of
childbearing age concerning prophylactic folic acid--preliminary report]
Med Wieku Rozwoj. 1999 Oct-Dec;3(4):509-20. Polish.
PMID: 10910676

306: Brzezinski Z.
[Primary prevention program for neural tube defects in Poland]
Med Wieku Rozwoj. 1999 Oct-Dec;3(4):503-8. Polish.
PMID: 10910675

307: Pepe F, Pepe P, Grillo S, Insolia G.
[Periconceptual folic acid intake by Sicilian couples at a risk of recurrence of NTD]
Minerva Ginecol. 1999 Oct;51(10):399-401. Italian.
PMID: 10638166

308: Kim YI.
Folate and cancer prevention: a new medical application of folate beyond
hyperhomocysteinemia and neural tube defects.
Nutr Rev. 1999 Oct;57(10):314-21. Review.
PMID: 10575908

309: Undas A, Domagala TB, Jankowski M, Szczeklik A.
Treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia with folic acid and vitamins B12 and B6
attenuates thrombin generation.
Thromb Res. 1999 Sep 15;95(6):281-8.
PMID: 10527405

310: Pastuszak A, Bhatia D, Okotore B, Koren G.
Preconception counseling and women's compliance with folic acid
supplementation.
Can Fam Physician. 1999 Sep;45:2053-7.
PMID: 10509214

311: Ravelli A, Migliavacca D, Viola S, Ruperto N, Pistorio A, Martini A.
Efficacy of folinic acid in reducing methotrexate toxicity in juvenile
idiopathic arthritis.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1999 Sep-Oct;17(5):625-7.
PMID: 10544851

312: Seligmann H, Potasman I, Weller B, Schwartz M, Prokocimer M.
Phenytoin-folic acid interaction: a lesson to be learned.
Clin Neuropharmacol. 1999 Sep-Oct;22(5):268-72.
PMID: 10516876

313: Bjorkegren K, Svardsudd K.
Elevated serum levels of methylmalonic acid and homocysteine in elderly people.
A population-based intervention study.
J Intern Med. 1999 Sep;246(3):317-24. Corrected and republished in: J Intern
Med. 1999 Dec;246(6):603-11.
PMID: 10476000

314: Havens DH, Levin BR.
Good news for women and babies: folic acid prevents birth defects.
J Pediatr Health Care. 1999 Sep-Oct;13(5):255-8.
PMID: 10776204

315: Schroder CH, de Boer AW, Giesen AM, Monnens LA, Blom H.
Treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia in children on dialysis by folic acid.
Pediatr Nephrol. 1999 Sep;13(7):583-5.
PMID: 10460506

316: Betts T, Fox C.
Proactive pre-conception counselling for women with epilepsy-is it effective?
Seizure. 1999 Sep;8(6):322-7.
PMID: 10512771

317: Lewis CJ, Crane NT, Wilson DB, Yetley EA.
Estimated folate intakes: data updated to reflect food fortification, increased
bioavailability, and dietary supplement use.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Aug;70(2):198-207.
PMID: 10426695

318: Cuskelly GJ, McNulty H, Scott JM.
Fortification with low amounts of folic acid makes a significant difference in
folate status in young women: implications for the prevention of neural tube
defects.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Aug;70(2):234-9.
PMID: 10426700

319: Drake P, Morin KH, LaRose K.
Becoming proactive about birth defects. National Folic Acid Information
Campaign begins.
AWHONN Lifelines. 1999 Aug-Sep;3(4):21-2.
PMID: 10766524

320: Bellamy MF, McDowell IF, Ramsey MW, Brownlee M, Newcombe RG, Lewis MJ.
Oral folate enhances endothelial function in hyperhomocysteinaemic subjects.
Eur J Clin Invest. 1999 Aug;29(8):659-62.
PMID: 10457148

321: Torres OA, Miller VS, Buist NM, Hyland K.
Folinic acid-responsive neonatal seizures.
J Child Neurol. 1999 Aug;14(8):529-32.
PMID: 10456764

322: [No authors listed]
Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects. American Academy of
Pediatrics. Committee on Genetics.
Pediatrics. 1999 Aug;104(2 Pt 1):325-7.
PMID: 10429019

323: Verhaar MC, Wever RM, Kastelein JJ, van Loon D, Milstien S, Koomans HA,
Rabelink TJ.
Effects of oral folic acid supplementation on endothelial function in familial
hypercholesterolemia. A randomized placebo-controlled trial.
Circulation. 1999 Jul 27;100(4):335-8.
PMID: 10421591

324: Alberman E, Noble JM.
Commentary: food should be fortified with folic acid.
BMJ. 1999 Jul 10;319(7202):93.
PMID: 10398634

325: Riva L, Conter V, Rizzari C, Jankovic M, Sala A, Milani M.
Successful treatment of intrathecal methotrexate overdose with folinic acid
rescue: a case report.
Acta Paediatr. 1999 Jul;88(7):780-2. Review.
PMID: 10447141

326: Bostom AG, Gohh RY, Liaugaudas G, Beaulieu AJ, Han H, Jacques PF, Dworkin
L, Rosenberg IH, Selhub J.
Prevalence of mild fasting hyperhomocysteinemia in renal transplant versus
coronary artery disease patients after fortification of cereal grain flour with
folic acid.
Atherosclerosis. 1999 Jul;145(1):221-4.
PMID: 10428313

327: Mazza D.
How folate can help prevent birth defects.
Aust Fam Physician. 1999 Jul;28(7):719.
PMID: 10431431

328: Neimanis IM, Paterson JM, Bain E.
Preventing neural tube defects. Survey of preconceptional use of folic acid.
Can Fam Physician. 1999 Jul;45:1717-22.
PMID: 10424271

329: Seshadri N, Robinson K.
Homocysteine and coronary risk.
Curr Cardiol Rep. 1999 Jul;1(2):91-8. Review.
PMID: 10980826

330: Zviarynski IU, Zavodnik LB.
The effect of folic acid on the drug metabolizing liver function in man with
viral hepatitis.
Exp Toxicol Pathol. 1999 Jul;51(4-5):455-7.
PMID: 10445416

331: de Jong SC, Stehouwer CD, van den Berg M, Geurts TW, Bouter LM, Rauwerda
JA.
Normohomocysteinaemia and vitamin-treated hyperhomocysteinaemia are associated
with similar risks of cardiovascular events in patients with premature
peripheral arterial occlusive disease. A prospective cohort study.
J Intern Med. 1999 Jul;246(1):87-96.
PMID: 10447230

332: Ringel S, Lahat E, Elizov T, Greenberg R, Arieli S, Afriat R, Berkovitch M.

Awareness of folic acid for neural tube defect prevention among Israeli women.
Teratology. 1999 Jul;60(1):29-32.
PMID: 10413336

333: Tee ES, Kandiah M, Awin N, Chong SM, Satgunasingam N, Kamarudin L, Milani
S, Dugdale AE, Viteri FE.
School-administered weekly iron-folate supplements improve hemoglobin and
ferritin concentrations in Malaysian adolescent girls.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Jun;69(6):1249-56.
PMID: 10357747

334: Picciano MF.
Iron and folate supplementation: an effective intervention in adolescent
females.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Jun;69(6):1069-70.
PMID: 10357724

335: Hartridge T, Illing HM, Sandy JR.
The role of folic acid in oral clefting.
Br J Orthod. 1999 Jun;26(2):115-20. Review.
PMID: 10420245

336: Kloeblen AS, Batish SS.
Understanding the intention to permanently follow a high folate diet among a
sample of low-income pregnant women according to the Health Belief Model.
Health Educ Res. 1999 Jun;14(3):327-38.
PMID: 10539225

337: Achon M, Reyes L, Alonso-Aperte E, Ubeda N, Varela-Moreiras G.
High dietary folate supplementation affects gestational development and dietary
protein utilization in rats.
J Nutr. 1999 Jun;129(6):1204-8.
PMID: 10356088

338: Brouwer IA, van Dusseldorp M, West CE, Meyboom S, Thomas CM, Duran M, van
het Hof KH, Eskes TK, Hautvast JG, Steegers-Theunissen RP.
Dietary folate from vegetables and citrus fruit decreases plasma homocysteine
concentrations in humans in a dietary controlled trial.
J Nutr. 1999 Jun;129(6):1135-9.
PMID: 10356077

339: McDonnell R, Johnson Z, Doyle A, Sayers G.
Determinants of folic acid knowledge and use among antenatal women.
J Public Health Med. 1999 Jun;21(2):145-9.
PMID: 10432242

340: Adamek HE, Riemann JF.
[Value of multivitamin preparations and folic acid in primary prevention of
colonic cancer in women]
Z Gastroenterol. 1999 Jun;37(6):573-4. German.
PMID: 10427661

341: Jacques PF, Selhub J, Bostom AG, Wilson PW, Rosenberg IH.
The effect of folic acid fortification on plasma folate and total homocysteine
concentrations.
N Engl J Med. 1999 May 13;340(19):1449-54.
PMID: 10320382

342: Pepe F, Pepe P, Montaperto A, Rotolo N, Florio ML, Uccellatore F.
[Folate consumption in the preconception period of Sicilian pregnant women and
their knowledge about the prevention of neural tube defect by folate
supplementation]
Minerva Ginecol. 1999 May;51(5):177-81. Italian.
PMID: 10431526

343: Yoder DK.
Preventing neural tube defects with folic acid.
Tenn Med. 1999 May;92(5):177-8.
PMID: 10230320

344: Kihlberg R, Bui TH, Jorgensen C, Soderhjelm L.
[Folic acid protects against neural tube defects. But how many women of
reproductive age have been informed about this fact?]
Lakartidningen. 1999 Apr 21;96(16):1961-3. Review. Swedish.
PMID: 10330863

345: Bentley JR, Ferrini RL, Hill LL.
American College of Preventive Medicine public policy statement. Folic acid
fortification of grain products in the U.S. to prevent neural tube defects.
Am J Prev Med. 1999 Apr;16(3):264-7. Review.
PMID: 10198667

346: McDonnell R, Johnson Z, Doyle A, Sayers G.
Folic acid knowledge and use among expectant mothers in 1997: a comparison with
1996.
Ir Med J. 1999 Apr;92(3):296-9.
PMID: 10394755

347: Lobo A, Naso A, Arheart K, Kruger WD, Abou-Ghazala T, Alsous F, Nahlawi M,
Gupta A, Moustapha A, van Lente F, Jacobsen DW, Robinson K.
Reduction of homocysteine levels in coronary artery disease by low-dose folic
acid combined with vitamins B6 and B12.
Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 15;83(6):821-5.
PMID: 10190392

348: van der Griend R, Haas FJ, Biesma DH, Duran M, Meuwissen OJ, Banga JD.
Combination of low-dose folic acid and pyridoxine for treatment of
hyperhomocysteinaemia in patients with premature arterial disease and their
relatives.
Atherosclerosis. 1999 Mar;143(1):177-83.
PMID: 10208493

349: Bradai R, Siger D, Chakroun R.
[Folic acid supplementation by 200 microgram per day during the
periconceptional period: a necessary public health approach to reducing
incidence of spina bifida]
Contracept Fertil Sex. 1999 Mar;27(3):238-42. French.
PMID: 10334077

350: Champel V, Radal M, Moulin-Vallez M, Jonville-Bera AP, Autret-Leca E.
[Should folic acid be given to women treated with valproic acid and/or
carbamazepine? Folic acid and pregnancy in epilepsy]
Rev Neurol (Paris). 1999 Mar;155(3):220-4. French.
PMID: 10339792

351: Endresen GK, Husby G.
[Methotrexate and folates in rheumatoid arthritis]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1999 Feb 10;119(4):534-7. Review. Norwegian.
PMID: 10081378

352: Dierkes J, Domrose U, Ambrosch A, Bosselmann HP, Neumann KH, Luley C.
Response of hyperhomocysteinemia to folic acid supplementation in patients with
end-stage renal disease.
Clin Nephrol. 1999 Feb;51(2):108-15.
PMID: 10069646

353: Brandenburg H, Traas MA, Laudy J, Ursem N, Westerveld AM, Wladimiroff JW.
Periconceptional use of folic acid amongst women of advanced maternal age.
Prenat Diagn. 1999 Feb;19(2):132-5.
PMID: 10215070

354: Brouwer IA, van Dusseldorp M, Thomas CM, Duran M, Hautvast JG, Eskes TK,
Steegers-Theunissen RP.
Low-dose folic acid supplementation decreases plasma homocysteine
concentrations: a randomized trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 Jan;69(1):99-104.
PMID: 9925130

355: Spence JD, Cordy P, Kortas C, Freeman D.
Effect of usual doses of folate supplementation on elevated plasma
homocyst(e)ine in hemodialysis patients: no difference between 1 and 5 mg daily.
Am J Nephrol. 1999;19(3):405-10.
PMID: 10393379

356: Jindra RH, Kubin A, Kolbabek H, Alth G, Dobrowsky W.
Ambulant photodynamic therapy of superficial malignomas with 5-ALA in
combination with folic acid and use of noncoherent light.
Drugs Exp Clin Res. 1999;25(1):37-41.
PMID: 10337503

357: Li S, Lu B, Yang X.
[Relationship between the effect of carbamazepine on SCE frequencies and folic
acid in epileptic patients]
Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 1999;24(6):563-5. Chinese.
PMID: 12080722

358: Agarwal AK, Sen AK, Kalra NK, Gupta N.
Prevalence of anaemia during pregnancy in district Burdwan, West Bengal.
Indian J Public Health. 1999 Jan-Mar;43(1):26-31.
PMID: 11243084

359: Kumar A.
National nutritional anaemia control programme in India.
Indian J Public Health. 1999 Jan-Mar;43(1):3-5, 16.
PMID: 11243085

360: Vozenilek GP.
What they don't know could hurt them: increasing public awareness of folic acid
and neural tube defects.
J Am Diet Assoc. 1999 Jan;99(1):20-2.
PMID: 9917726

361: Kloeblen AS.
Folate knowledge, intake from fortified grain products, and periconceptional
supplementation patterns of a sample of low-income pregnant women according to
the Health Belief Model.
J Am Diet Assoc. 1999 Jan;99(1):33-8.
PMID: 9917729

362: Breen CP, Macdougall IC.
Correction of epoetin-resistant megaloblastic anaemia following vitamin B(12)
and folate administration.
Nephron. 1999;83(4):374-5.
PMID: 10575307

363: Ubbink JB.
Should all elderly people receive folate supplements?
Drugs Aging. 1998 Dec;13(6):415-20. Review.
PMID: 9883397

364: Yu S, Morris JG.
Folate requirement of growing kittens to prevent elevated formiminoglutamic
acid excretion following histidine loading.
J Nutr. 1998 Dec;128(12 Suppl):2606S-2608S.
PMID: 9868217

365: Doube A.
Folic acid supplementation prevents deficient blood.
J Rheumatol. 1998 Dec;25(12):2473.
PMID: 9858449

366: Pincus T.
Folic and folinic acid supplementation reduces methotrexate gastrointestinal
side effects in rheumatoid arthritis.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1998 Nov-Dec;16(6):667-8.
PMID: 9844757

367: Westhuyzen J.
Folate supplementation in the dialysis patient--fragmentary evidence and
tentative recommendations.
Nephrol Dial Transplant. 1998 Nov;13(11):2748-50.
PMID: 9829473

368: Giovannucci E, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Fuchs C, Rosner BA,
Speizer FE, Willett WC.
Multivitamin use, folate, and colon cancer in women in the Nurses' Health
Study.
Ann Intern Med. 1998 Oct 1;129(7):517-24.
PMID: 9758570

369: Lewis DP, Van Dyke DC, Stumbo PJ, Berg MJ.
Drug and environmental factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Part
III: Folic acid: pharmacology, therapeutic recommendations, and economics.
Ann Pharmacother. 1998 Oct;32(10):1087-95. Review.
PMID: 9793602

370: Erkkola M, Karppinen M, Jarvinen A, Knip M, Virtanen SM.
Folate, vitamin D, and iron intakes are low among pregnant Finnish women.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 1998 Oct;52(10):742-8.
PMID: 9805222

371: Ortega RM, Lopez-Sobaler AM, Andres P, Martinez RM, Quintas ME.
[Supplementation with iron and folates during gestation: influence on the zinc
status in the mother and on the zinc content in the maternal milk]
Med Clin (Barc). 1998 Sep 19;111(8):281-5. Spanish.
PMID: 9810544

372: Lewis DP, Van Dyke DC, Stumbo PJ, Berg MJ.
Drug and environmental factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Part
II: Improvement with folic acid.
Ann Pharmacother. 1998 Sep;32(9):947-61. Review.
PMID: 9762383

373: Bonin MM, Bretzlaff JA, Therrien SA, Rowe BH.
Knowledge of periconceptional folic acid for the prevention of neural tube
defects. The missing links. Northeastern Ontario Primary Care Research Group.
Arch Fam Med. 1998 Sep-Oct;7(5):438-42.
PMID: 9755736

374: Mathews F, Yudkin P, Neil A.
Folates in the periconceptional period: are women getting enough?
Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Sep;105(9):954-9.
PMID: 9763045

375: Eros E, Geher P, Gomor B, Czeizel AE.
Epileptogenic activity of folic acid after drug induces SLE (folic acid and
epilepsy)
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1998 Sep;80(1):75-8.
PMID: 9758264

376: Firth Y, Murtaugh MA, Tangney CC.
Estimation of individual intakes of folate in women of childbearing age with
and without simulation of folic acid fortification.
J Am Diet Assoc. 1998 Sep;98(9):985-8.
PMID: 9739797

377: Tell GS, Vollset SE, Lande B, Pedersen JI, Loken EB, Jacobsen BK.
[Folate and health--new knowledge and new recommendation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1998 Aug 30;118(20):3155-60. Review. Norwegian.
PMID: 9760860

378: Berry A.
Focusing on folic acid. Task force organizing to promote consumption of folic
acid.
AWHONN Lifelines. 1998 Aug;2(4):19-20.
PMID: 9791332

379: [No authors listed]
Growing support for vitamin supplements.
Harv Heart Lett. 1998 Aug;8(12):6-7.
PMID: 9713235

380: Mouzas IA, Papavassiliou E, Koutroubakis I.
Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease? A potential
role for folate.
Ital J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1998 Aug;30(4):421-5. Review.
PMID: 9789142

381: Aarsand AK, Carlsen SM.
Folate administration reduces circulating homocysteine levels in NIDDM patients
on long-term metformin treatment.
J Intern Med. 1998 Aug;244(2):169-74.
PMID: 10095804

382: Scott JM.
How does folic acid prevent neural tube defects?
Nat Med. 1998 Aug;4(8):895-6.
PMID: 9701237

383: Leeda M, Riyazi N, de Vries JI, Jakobs C, van Geijn HP, Dekker GA.
Effects of folic acid and vitamin B6 supplementation on women with
hyperhomocysteinemia and a history of preeclampsia or fetal growth restriction.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Jul;179(1):135-9.
PMID: 9704778

384: Elliman A.
Survey of subfertility patients attending a community clinic over a two year
span, before and after national folate campaigns.
Br J Fam Plann. 1998 Jul;24(2):80-1.
PMID: 9741983

385: Jacob RA, Gretz DM, Taylor PC, James SJ, Pogribny IP, Miller BJ, Henning
SM, Swendseid ME.
Moderate folate depletion increases plasma homocysteine and decreases
lymphocyte DNA methylation in postmenopausal women.
J Nutr. 1998 Jul;128(7):1204-12.
PMID: 9649607

386: [No authors listed]
Please, more folate.
Public Health Rep. 1998 Jul-Aug;113(4):293.
PMID: 9672559

387: Henning BF, Tepel M, Riezler R, Gillessen A, Doberauer C.
Vitamin supplementation during weight reduction--favourable effect on
homocysteine metabolism.
Res Exp Med (Berl). 1998 Jul;198(1):37-42.
PMID: 9706668

388: Willems HP, Den Heijer M, Gerrits WB, Bos GM.
[The recommended daily intake of folic acid is insufficient for optimum
homocysteine level]
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Jun 20;142(25):1473-4. Dutch.
PMID: 9752063

389: Brouwer IA, Van Dusseldorp M, De Vries JH, Steegers-Theunissen RP.
[The recommended daily amount of folic acid is insufficient for optimum
homocysteine levels]
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Jun 20;142(25):1473. Dutch.
PMID: 9752062

390: Kelly GS.
Folates: supplemental forms and therapeutic applications.
Altern Med Rev. 1998 Jun;3(3):208-20. Review.
PMID: 9630738

391: Schorah CJ, Devitt H, Lucock M, Dowell AC.
The responsiveness of plasma homocysteine to small increases in dietary folic
acid: a primary care study.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 1998 Jun;52(6):407-11.
PMID: 9683392

392: de Jong-van den Berg LT, de Walle HE, van der Pal-de Bruin KM, Buitendijk
SE, Cornel MC.
Increasing awareness of and behaviour towards periconceptional folic acid
consumption in The Netherlands from 1994 to 1995.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 1998 Jun;54(4):329-31.
PMID: 9696958

393: Czeizel AE.
Periconceptional folic acid containing multivitamin supplementation.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 1998 Jun;78(2):151-61. Review.
PMID: 9622312

394: Hall J, Solehdin F.
Folic acid for the prevention of congenital anomalies.
Eur J Pediatr. 1998 Jun;157(6):445-50. Review.
PMID: 9667396

395: Locksmith GJ, Duff P.
Preventing neural tube defects: the importance of periconceptional folic acid
supplements.
Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Jun;91(6):1027-34. Review.
PMID: 9611019

396: Woodside JV, Yarnell JW, McMaster D, Young IS, Harmon DL, McCrum EE,
Patterson CC, Gey KF, Whitehead AS, Evans A.
Effect of B-group vitamins and antioxidant vitamins on hyperhomocysteinemia: a
double-blind, randomized, factorial-design, controlled trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 May;67(5):858-66. Erratum in: Am J Clin Nutr 1998
Sep;68(3):758.
PMID: 9583842

397: Oakley GP Jr.
Eat right and take a multivitamin.
N Engl J Med. 1998 Apr 9;338(15):1060-1.
PMID: 9535672

398: Malinow MR, Duell PB, Hess DL, Anderson PH, Kruger WD, Phillipson BE,
Gluckman RA, Block PC, Upson BM.
Reduction of plasma homocyst(e)ine levels by breakfast cereal fortified with
folic acid in patients with coronary heart disease.
N Engl J Med. 1998 Apr 9;338(15):1009-15.
PMID: 9535664

399: Brouwer DA, Welten HT, van Doormaal JJ, Reijngoud DJ, Muskiet FA.
[Recommended dietary allowance of folic acid is insufficient for optimal
homocysteine levels]
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Apr 4;142(14):782-6. Dutch.
PMID: 9646611

400: Cravo ML, Pinto AG, Chaves P, Cruz JA, Lage P, Nobre Leitao C, Costa Mira F.
Effect of folate supplementation on DNA methylation of rectal mucosa in
patients with colonic adenomas: correlation with nutrient intake.
Clin Nutr. 1998 Apr;17(2):45-9.
PMID: 10205316

401: Daly S, Scott JM.
The prevention of neural tube defects.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Apr;10(2):85-9. Review.
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406: Wald NJ, Law M, Jordan R.
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407: Britton T.
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