Good news for women and babies: Folic acid prevents birth defects
β Scribed by Debra Hardy Havens; Becky R Levin
- Book ID
- 117594759
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 733 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0891-5245
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The failure of neural tube closure during early embryogenesis results in a range of neural tube defects (NTD), the most common of which is spina bifida. The role of folic acid in reducing the rate of NTD has been well-established. Three recent cases of infants with NTD inspired this investigative st