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Title
Prevalence and predictors of periconceptional folic acid uptake--prospective cohort study in an Irish urban obstetric population.
Authors
McGuire, M; Cleary, B; Sahm, L; Murphy, D J
Abstract
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are severe abnormalities of the central nervous system that occur as a result of abnormal development in the third and fourth weeks of gestation. Studies have shown that periconceptional folic acid (FA) can reduce both the incidence and recurrence of NTDs.
Publication
Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 2010, Vol 25, Issue 2, p535