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Folate, Homocysteine and the Cardiac Neural Crest
17 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common congenital defects worldwide, and perigestational folate supplementation (PFS) is the most effective large-scale intervention to date for reducing CHD. This review is based upon the following premises: that the majority of CHD result from disruption of development of the cardiac neural crest (CNC); and that the CNC is highly responsive to folate and homocysteine....
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