Prevention of Neural-Tube Defects with Periconceptional Folic Acid, Methylfolate, or Multivitamins?
Author(s) -
Andrew E. Czeizel,
István Dudás,
László Paput,
Ferenc Bánhidy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1421-9697
pISSN - 0250-6807
DOI - 10.1159/000330776
Subject(s) - multivitamin , medicine , pregnancy , randomized controlled trial , neural tube defect , folic acid , folic acid supplementation , pediatrics , obstetrics , vitamin , surgery , fetus , genetics , biology
To review the main results of intervention trials which showed the efficacy of periconceptional folic acid-containing multivitamin and folic acid supplementation in the prevention of neural-tube defects (NTD).
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