Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk for Imperforate Anus in China

Folic acid supplementation and risk for imperforate anus in China.

Maternal consumption of folic acid before pregnancy and during early pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk for some birth defects. Whether folic acid can reduce the risk for imperforate anus is unknown. As part of a public health campaign conducted in China from 1993 through 1995, the outcomes of pregnancies of > or =20 weeks' gestation were evaluated among women using folic acid suppleme...

Remarks on Imperforate Anus

Bombay Medical Service. I have read with interest the case of " imperforate anus" of a child four months old, published in the current issue of your journal by Surgeon-Major Ma the w, Civil Surgeon of Mozufferpore. It would seem that it is one of congenital malformation, that " this child is in capital condition, lively, and, as far as can be judged, in the enjoyment of perfect healththat " the...

Folic acid supplementation and cancer risk: point.

Folate, a water-soluble B vitamin that is present naturally in foods (e.g., green leafy vegetables, asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, citrus fruit, legumes, dry cereals, whole grain, yeast, lima beans, liver, and other organ meats), and folic acid, the synthetic form of this vitamin that is used commercially in supplements and in fortified foods, have been considered an ideal nutritional f...

Defects in Operations for Imperforate Anus.

IN THE BEGINNING the authors discuss the high type of imperforate anus because they say the low type presents "no real problem in achieving continence." They ment ion a report by Partridge and Gough 4 in which they found that "only half the survivors of high anomalies had adequate continence." They say that factors involved in continence are specific sensation of the rectum and anal canal, and ...

A Case of Imperforate Anus