Neural-tube defects are associated with
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M. T. Steen; A. M. Boddie; A. J. Fisher; W. MacMahon; D. Saxe; K. M. Sullivan; P
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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While folate supplementation reduces the risk of recurrent neural-tube defects (NTD), both folate and cobalamin deficiencies may be independent risk-factors for neural-tube defects. Folate-dependence and impaired remethylation of homocysteine are implicated as mechanisms for NTD. There are few refer