R. W. Smithells

Queen's University Belfast — United Kingdom

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Folate and B Vitamins Research(33), Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy(10), Virology and Viral Diseases(9), Child and Adolescent Health(9), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects(7)

Publications189 total

Apparent prevention of neural tube defects by periconceptional vitamin supplementation*
International Journal of Epidemiology·2011· 13 citedOpen Access
International Retrospective Cohort Study of Neural Tube Defects in Relation to Folic Acid Recommendations: Are the Recommendations Working?
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey·2005· 7 cited
International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working?
BMJ·2005· 248 citedOpen Access
The Family Fund database--an underused research resource.
Archives of Disease in Childhood·1995Open Access
Thalidomide may be a mutagen
BMJ·1994· 11 citedOpen Access
Investigation of folate intake and metabolism in women who have had two pregnancies complicated by neural tube defects
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology·1994· 44 cited
Investigation of factors influencing folate status in women who have had a neural tube defect‐affected infant
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics·1994· 1 cited
Immunisation of the preterm baby
Journal of Infection·1993· 31 cited
Investigation of factors influencing folate status in women who have had a neural tube defect‐affected infant
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology·1993· 46 cited
Uptake and Utilization of DL-5-[methyl-14C] Tetrahydropteroylmonoglutamate by Cultured Cytotrophoblasts Associated with Neural Tube Defects
Experimental Biology and Medicine·1993· 16 cited
Update of New Risk Factors and Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey·1993· 31 cited
Primary prevention of neural tube defects with folic acid.
BMJ·1993· 9 citedOpen Access
Possible Abnormalities of Folate and Vitamin B<sub>12</sub> Metabolism Associated with Neural Tube Defects<sup>a</sup>
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·1993· 34 cited
Recognition of thalidomide defects.
Journal of Medical Genetics·1992· 271 citedOpen Access
Vitamins and neural tube defects
The Lancet·1992· 6 cited
Folic acid to prevent neural tube defects
The Lancet·1991· 24 cited
Maternal Vitamin Nutrition and Malformations of the Neural Tube
Nutrition Research Reviews·1991· 18 citedOpen Access
Folic acid metabolism in placental cells associated with neural tube defects
1990· 1 cited
Delayed detection of congenital hearing loss in high risk infants.
BMJ·1990· 11 citedOpen Access
Multiple abnormalities in a child with partial duplications of 10p and 13q from a 3:1 segregation of a maternal t(10;13) translocation.
Journal of Medical Genetics·1990· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

C J Schorah(15), S Sheppard(13), Jennifer Wild(11), D W Fielding(8), Mary J. Seller(7), N. C. Nevin(7), R Harris(7), Andrew Read(7), Sheila Sheppard(6), S. Walker(4), H Holzel(4), R. Hartley(4), Mark Lucock(3), E. R. Chinn(3), G Jones(2), MaryJ. Seller(2), W. C. Marshall(2), Ann Milton(2), N. Habibzadeh(2), ElizabethD. Hibbard(1)