Preventing neural tube defects: The importance of periconceptional folic acid supplements
โ Scribed by GregoryJ Locksmith; Patrick Duff
- Book ID
- 117192804
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 413 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0029-7844
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: It is well established that women who have had a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect (NTD) have an elevated risk of a subsequent NTDโaffected pregnancy and that a high dose (4 mg/day) of folic acid taken around the time of conception prevents most recurrences of N
## Abstract The pioneering studies of Smithells et al. showed the reduction of recurrent neuralโtube defects (NTD) after periconceptional folic acidโcontaining multivitamin supplementation. The Hungarian Periconceptional Service was established in 1984, and this primary health care system offered a