One more time folks... pregnancy folate and autism risk

Folate yet again on this blog ? Sorry but that's just how the peer-reviewed papers have fallen... " Maternal folate supplementatio...

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Folate-dependent one carbon metabolism and transsulfuration pathways: biomarkers for autism?

I found it a little unusual that the findings reported by Daniel Howsmon and colleagues [1] (open-access) talking about " multivariate...

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L-methylfolate administration and autism: a case report

I should have really titled this post 'another case report' given yesterday's entry on this blog talking about a case of [untre...

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B vitamins for schizophrenia?

I'd like to briefly draw your attention to the results - systematic review and meta-analysis results - published by Joseph Firth and co...

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Pregnancy folic acid and offspring autism risk: just one minute...

So: " We did not find any evidence to corroborate previous reports of a reduced risk for autism spectrum disorders in offspring of wome...

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Maternal folate status and offspring autism risk: where are we up to?

I'd like to briefly draw your attention to the review published by Elizabeth DeVilbiss and colleagues [1] today, covering " what i...

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Dad's obesity and risk of offspring autism

In this post I'm talking about  the paper by Pål Surén and colleagues [1] (open-access here ) and their suggestion that " paternal...

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