Are congenital urinary tract and genital organ anomalies related to folic acid?

Eur Urol. 2016 Mar;69(3):544-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.11.006. Epub 2015 Nov 21.

Authors

Fenneke Blom¹, Jorieke E H Bergman², Hermien E K de Walle²

Affiliations

¹ Community Genetics, Department of Clinical Genetics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: f.blom@vumc.nl.
² Eurocat Registration Northern Netherlands, Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

PMID: 26614550
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.11.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Case-Control Studies
Female
Folic Acid / adverse effects
Folic Acid / therapeutic use*
Folic Acid Antagonists / adverse effects
Folic Acid Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Folic Acid Deficiency / diagnosis
Folic Acid Deficiency / drug therapy*
Folic Acid Deficiency / epidemiology
Genitalia / abnormalities*
Humans
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Urinary Tract / abnormalities*
Urogenital Abnormalities / diagnosis
Urogenital Abnormalities / epidemiology
Urogenital Abnormalities / prevention & control*

Substances

Folic Acid Antagonists
Folic Acid