Periconceptional Folic Acid and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Overview

Journal JAMA

Publisher American Medical Association

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Feb 14

PMID 23403688

Citations 8

Authors

Robert J Berry

Krista S Crider

Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp

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