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Neural tube defects, folic acid

Australia, New Zealand

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Folic acid and risk of twinning: a systematic review of the recent literature, July 1994 to July 2006 [2007]

Canada

• BCGuidelines
  • B12 Deficiency - Investigation and Management of Vitamin B12 and Folate Deficiency [2006]

• Canadian Paediatric Society
  • Periconceptional Use of Folic Acid for Reduction of the Risk of Neural Tube Defects [1997]

• Perinatal Services BC
  • Folic Acid & The Prevention of Neural Tube Defects and Other Congenital Anomalies [2007]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Folic Acid

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Pre-conceptional Vitamin/Folic Acid Supplementation 2007: The Use of Folic Acid in Combination With a Multivitamin Supplement for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects and Other Congenital Anomalies [2007]

International

• Cochrane Library
  • Periconceptional supplementation with folate and/or multivitamins for preventing neural tube defects

Netherlands

• Health Council of the Netherlands
  • Towards an optimal use of folic acid [2008]

New Zealand

• Auckland District Health Board
  • Neural Tube Defects [2005]
  • Management of Infants with Myelomeningocoele [2005]

Oman

• Ministry of Health Oman
  • Spina bifida and birth outcome before and after fortification of white flour with iron and folic acid in Oman [2008]

Sweden

• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
  • Benefits and Risks of Fortifying Flour with Folic Acid to Reduce the Risk of Neural Tube Defects [2007]

United Kingdom

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Periconceptional Folic Acid and Food Fortification in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects [2003]

United States of America

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects [2007]

• American College of Medical Genetics
  • Technical standards and guidelines: Prenatal screening for open neural tube defects [2005]
  • Folic acid and neural tube defects [2005]
  • Second trimester maternal serum screening for fetal open neural tube defects and aneuploidy [2004]

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • Preconceptional Use of Folic Acid [2007]

• CDC National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  • Folic Acid

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate --- United States, 1995--1996 and 1999--2000 [2004]
  • Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Prevalence --- United States, 1991--2001 [2002]
  • Sociodemographic Patterns in Spina Bifida Birth Prevalence Trends --- North Carolina, 1995--1999 [2002]
  • Folic Acid Awareness and Use Among Women with a History of a Neural Tube Defect Pregnancy --- Texas, 2000--2001 [2002]
  • Folate Status in Women of Childbearing Age, by Race/Ethnicity --- United States, 1999--2000 [2002]

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  • Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement [2009]
  • Pre-conceptional vitamin/folic acid supplementation 2007: the use of folic acid in combination with a multivitamin supplement for the prevention of neural tube defects and other congenital anomalies. Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada [2007]
  • Neural tube defects. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [2003]

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects [2009]

WHO

• Pan American Health Organization
  • The Prevention of Neural Tube Defects with Folic Acid [2002]

• WHO Reproductive Health Library
  • Periconceptional supplementation with folate and/or multivitamins for preventing neural tube defects [2002]

Articles in journals

• American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Importance of methyl donors during reproduction [2009]

• Australian Family Physician
  • Folic acid in pregnancy - Is there a link with childhood asthma or wheeze? [2011]
  • Mandatory fortification with folic acid - What would Hippocrates say? [2007]

• BMC Pediatrics
  • Parents' psychological adjustment in families of children with Spina Bifida: a meta-analysis [2005]

• British Medical Journal
  • International retrospective cohort study of neural tube defects in relation to folic acid recommendations: are the recommendations working? [2005]
  • Is folic acid the ultimate functional food component for disease prevention? [2004]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Folic acid and colorectal cancer: unwarranted fears [2011]
  • Folic acid: The right dose [2008]
  • Folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects [2008]

• Canadian Medical Association Journal
  • Incidence of open neural tube defects in Nova Scotia after folic acid fortification [2002]

• Clinical Chemistry
  • Cobalamin and Folate Evaluation: Measurement of Methylmalonic Acid and Homocysteine vs Vitamin B12 and Folate [2000]

• Down Syndrome Research and Practice
  • Folate metabolism and the risk of Down syndrome [2008]

• Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Neural Tube Defects: Review of Experimental Evidence on Stem Cell Therapy and Newer Treatment Options [2010]

• Indian Pediatrics
  • Neural Tube Defects and Folic Acid [2004]

• International Journal of Developmental Biology
  • A hypothesis linking low folate intake to neural tube defects due to failure of post-translation methylations of the cytoskeleton [2006]

• International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Folic acid to reduce neonatal mortality from neural tube disorders [2010]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC)
  • Increasing Folate Supplementation for Selected Groups of Canadian Women [2007]

• Medical Journal of Australia
  • Mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid: an overdue public health opportunity [2005]

• Pediatrics
  • Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects, Folate Status, and Folate Fortification of Enriched Cereal-Grain Products in the United States [2006]

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