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Gene-nutrient interactions: importance of folic acid and vitamin B12 during early embryogenesis.
Food and nutrition bulletin - 1 Jun 2008
Finnell Richard H, Shaw Gary M, Lammer Edward J, Rosenquist Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
The role that nutritional factors play in mammalian development has received renewed attention over the past two decades as the scientific literature has exploded with reports that folic acid supplementation in the periconceptional period can protect embryos from a number of highly significant malformations. As is often the case, the relationship between B vitamin supplementation and improved pregnancy outcomes...
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