Who should consume high-dose folic acid supplements before and during early pregnancy for the prevention of neural tube defects?
BMJ
.
2022 Jun 7:377:e067728.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067728.
Authors
Erin Rose Dwyer
1
,
Kristian B Filion
2
,
Amanda J MacFarlane
3
,
Robert W Platt
3
,
Azar Mehrabadi
4
Affiliations
1
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
2
Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
3
Nutrition Research Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4
Departments of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada azar.mehrabadi@dal.ca.
PMID:
35672044
DOI:
10.1136/bmj-2021-067728
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Dietary Supplements
Female
Folic Acid* / therapeutic use
Humans
Neural Tube Defects* / drug therapy
Neural Tube Defects* / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Substances
Folic Acid