Implementation and outcomes of recommended folic acid supplementation in Mexican-American women with prior neural tube defect-affected pregnancies

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Folate concentrations and folic acid supplementation among women in their first trimester of pregnancy in a rural area with a high prevalence of neural tube defects in Shanxi, China

✍ Le Zhang; Aiguo Ren; Zhiwen Li; Ling Hao; Yihua Tian; Zhu Li 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 102 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract **BACKGROUND:** Although an information campaign concerning periconceptional folic acid supplementation was launched in 1998 in Shanxi Province, China, the prevalence of neural tube defects in rural areas was reported as high as 140 per 10,000 births in 2002. The blood folate concentrat