Has advice on periconceptional folate supplementation reduced neural-tube defects?

被引:26
作者
Abramsky, L
Botting, B
Chapple, J
Stone, D
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[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Sch Med, Dept Med & Community Genet, London SW7 2AZ, England
[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Sch Med, Natl Congenital Anomaly Syst, Off Natl Stat, London SW7 2AZ, England
[3] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Sch Med, Dept Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, London SW7 2AZ, England
[4] Univ Glasgow, Dept Child Hlth, Paediat Epidemiol & Community Hlth Unit, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland
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10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03248-1
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Periconceptional folate supplementation has been encouraged in the UK since the early 1990s, but no concurrent decline in neural-tube-defect pregnancies has been observed by regional congenital anomaly registers.
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