[Advance of study on vitamin A deficiency and excess associatied with congenital heart disease].
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu
; 37(6): 754-6, 2008 Nov.
Article
in Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19239019
It was demonstrated that Vitamin A may be crucial for heart morphogenesis during pregnancy. Both deficiency and excess of Vitamin A could induce certain congenital heart disease. In the gastrula stage, vitamin A could play a specific role in the process of heart development because of activating many gene regulations, in order to promote heart development. In this article, the advance of mechanism study on vitamin A associated with congenital heart disease were reviewed.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications
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Vitamin A
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Vitamin A Deficiency
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Heart Defects, Congenital
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu
Journal subject:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Country of publication:
China