Preliminary data on changes in neural tube defect prevalence rates after folic acid fortification in South America

E. Castilla, Eduardo; M. Orioli, Iêda; S. López‐Camelo, Jorge; da Graça Dutra, Maria; Nazer‐Herrera, Julio; the ECLAMC: Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations, for

doi:10.1002/ajmg.a.20230

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Preliminary data on changes in neural tube defect prevalence rates after folic acid fortification in South America

Published in American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A • Oct 28, 2003

Authors:

Eduardo E. Castilla

Iêda M. Orioli

Jorge S. López‐Camelo

Abstract

Several South American countries are fortifying wheat flour with folic acid. However, only Chile started in 2000 to add 2.2 mg/kg, providing 360 microg daily per capita, an acceptable dosage for preventing the occurrence of some neural tube defect (NTD) cases. ECLAMC (Spanish acronym for the Latin A...

Subject

Folic acid

Medicine

Fortification

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