Folic acid in pregnancy

Vikram Talaulikar; Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

doi:10.1016/j.ogrm.2011.02.005

Folic acid in pregnancy

Vikram Talaulikar
, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

Medical School

University of London

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Abstract

Supplementation of folic acid, one of the members of the B-complex vitamin family has been an integral part of pre-pregnancy counselling as well as early pregnancy care over the past few decades. Folic acid supplements reduce the risk of fetal neural tube defects and the level of protection increases with higher dosage. Recent evidence shows that obese women are at an increased risk of neural tube anomalies and require a higher dose of periconceptional folic acid supplementation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	147-148
Number of pages	2
Journal	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume	21
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2011.02.005
Publication status	Published - May 2011

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Folic acid
Neural tube defects
Obesity
Pregnancy

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