... which they were based. An example is the decades’ old practice of recommending a 4-mg (4,000-µg) supplement of folic acid to women who are at risk for recurrent neural tube defect (NTD) during pregnancy. This recommendation was based on findings from a randomized clinical trial in 1991. Since...

...T.K.A.B. Eskes Prepregnancy counselling is efficient in cases of chronic maternal disease, selection of medication and avoiding bad life habits. A new policy is the use of folic acid in the periconceptional period for the purpose of reducing the chance of having a baby with neural tube defects (NTD...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Down syndrome Folic acid Amniotic fluid Fetal DiagnTher 2006;21:148 152 DOI: 10.1159/000089066 Received: May 6, 2004 Accepted after revision: March 20, 2005 A Folate-Dependent Metabolite in Amniotic Fluid from Pregnancies...

...Valérie I. Morin; Myrto Mondor; R. Douglas Wilson Objective: Our purpose was to evaluate the knowledge of folic acid and its use preconceptionally in women of British Columbia. Methods: The study was conducted at British Columbia Women’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, between April 15 and June 15...