Title : The role of folic acid fortification in neural tube defects: a review.

Pub. Date : 2013

PMID : 24007422






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1 Since introduction of mandatory fortification of grains with folic acid, a further decrease in NTD prevalence has been reported in North America and other countries with large variations among ethnic subgroups. Folic Acid fuzzy planar cell polarity protein Homo sapiens
2 Besides folate, several other lifestyle and environmental factors as well as genetic variations may influence NTD development, possibly by affecting one-carbon metabolism and thus epigenetic events. Folic Acid fuzzy planar cell polarity protein Homo sapiens
3 In conclusion, mandatory folic acid fortification plays a significant part in the reduction of NTD prevalence, but possibly at a cost and with a portion of NTDs remaining. Folic Acid fuzzy planar cell polarity protein Homo sapiens