Folic acid supplementation with food fortification suggested in JAMA to prevent NTDs.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION AND FOOD FORTIFICATION SHOULD BE "COMPLEMENTARY" strategies in lowering women's risk of delivering children with neural tube defects, Leslie Daly, PhD, University College Dublin, Ireland, et al. recommended in a Dec. 6 Journal of the American Medical Association article. Prevention of NTDs in high-risk women could best be accomplished through a folic acid supplement regimen, while the general population would benefit most from increasing their dietary folate intake, Daly et al. said.
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