The Teratology Society adopts resolution on folic acid fortification
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Teratology Society Consensus Statement on use of folic acid to reduce the risk of birth defects.
Neural tube defects are common and severe birth defects that include the fatal condition anencephaly and the disabling condition spina bifida. Recent randomized controlled studies, (Crandall et al., ’95; Czeizel and Dudas, ’92; MRC Vitamin Study Research Group, ’91) have shown that women who consume folic acidcontaining supplements, while eating their usual diets, have 50–75% fewer infants with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Birth Defects Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2472-1727
DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1687