Possible prevention of neural-tube defects by periconceptional vitamin supplementation

RW Smithells, S Sheppard, CJ Schorah, MJ Seller… - The Lancet, 1980 - Elsevier
Women who had previously given birth to one or more infants with a neural-tube defect
(NTD) were recruited into a trial of periconceptional multivitamin supplementation. 1 of 178 …

Further experience of vitamin supplementation for prevention of neural tube defect recurrences

RW Smithells, MJ Seller, R Harris, DW Fielding… - The Lancet, 1983 - Elsevier
In accordance with a previous protocol, a second cohort of 254 mothers with a history of
previous neural tube defect (NTD) births was given a multivitamin supplement for not less …

Vitamin dificiencies and neural tube defects.

RW Smithells, S Sheppard, CJ Schorah - Archives of disease in …, 1976 - adc.bmj.com
Serum folate, red cell folate, white blood cell vitamin C, riboflavin saturation index, and
serum vitamin A were determined during the first trimester of pregnancy in over 900 cases …

Malnutrition in surgical patients: an unrecognised problem

GL Hill, I Pickford, GA Young, CJ Schorah, RL Blackett… - The Lancet, 1977 - Elsevier
Indices of nutritional state were measured in 105 surgical patients. The indices were chosen
to give information on protein-calorie malnutrition, anæmia, and vitamin deficiency …

Total vitamin C, ascorbic acid, and dehydroascorbic acid concentrations in plasma of critically ill patients

CJ Schorah, C Downing, A Piripitsi, L Gallivan… - The American journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Plasma concentrations of the antioxidant vitamin ascorbic acid were measured by high-
performance liquid chromatography in critically ill patients in whom the excessive generation …

Apparent prevention of neural tube defects by periconceptional vitamin supplementation.

RW Smithells, S Sheppard, CJ Schorah… - Archives of disease in …, 1981 - adc.bmj.com
An earlier preliminary paper is expanded. Women who had given birth to one or more
infants with a neural tube defect were recruited into a trial of per conceptional vitamin …

Acute Helicobacter pylori infection: clinical features, local and systemic immune response, gastric mucosal histology, and gastric juice ascorbic acid concentrations.

GM Sobala, JE Crabtree, MF Dixon, CJ Schorah… - Gut, 1991 - gut.bmj.com
The symptomatology of a case of acute infection with Helicobacter pylori is described,
together with the accompanying changes in gastric mucosal histology, local and systemic …

Gastric juice ascorbic acid: effects of disease and implications for gastric carcinogenesis

CJ Schorah, GM Sobala, M Sanderson, N Collis… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT N-nitroso compounds (NOC) are strongly implicated in the causation of cancer
of the stomach and it has been suggested that ascorbic acid might reduce the risk of gastric …

[PDF][PDF] The clinical effects of vitamin C supplementation in elderly hospitalised patients with acute respiratory infections

C Hunt, NK Chakravorty, G Annan… - … journal for vitamin and …, 1994 - mv.helsinki.fi
A randomised double-blind trial involving vitamin C/placebo supplementation was
conducted on 57 elderly patients admitted to hospital with acute respiratory infections …

Ascorbic acid in the human stomach

GM Sobala, CJ Schorah, M Sanderson, MF Dixon… - Gastroenterology, 1989 - Elsevier
Ascorbic acid, the reduced form of vitamin C, may protect against gastric cancer.
Accordingly, this study assessed the variability of ascorbic acid and vitamin C in the gastric …