Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects with Folic Acid in China
Periconceptional use of multivitamins containing folic acid can reduce a woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect. As a part of a public health campaign conducted from 1993 to 1995 in an area of China with high rates of neural-tube defects (the northern region) and one with low rates (the southern region), we evaluated the outcomes of pregnancy in women who were asked to take a pill containing 400 µg of folic acid alone daily from the time of their premarital examination until the end of their first trimester of pregnancy. Read More.
Periconceptional use of multivitamins containing folic acid can reduce a woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect. As a part of a public health campaign conducted from 1993 to 1995 in an area of China with high rates of neural-tube defects (the northern region) and one with low rates (the southern region), we evaluated the outcomes of pregnancy in women who were asked to take a pill containing 400 µg of folic acid alone daily from the time of their premarital examination until the end of their first trimester of pregnancy. Read More.