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Folic Acid - Other Articles


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Articles

  • Folic acid and neural tube defects: Good news at last!
    Gideon Koren, MD, FACCT, FRCPC
  • Periconception folic acid supplementation
    Gideon Koren, MD, FRCPC
  • Reprod Toxicol. 2000 Jul-Aug;14(4):291-2. Review. No abstract available.
    Einarson A, Parshuram C, Koren G: Periconceptional use of folic acid to reduce the rates of neural tube defects: is it working?
  • Clinical & Investigative Medicine - Medecine Clinique et Experimentale.19(3):195-201, 1996 Jun.
    Forman R. Singal N. Perelman V. Chou S. Hoffman L. Parkin P. Koren G. Folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects: a study of Canadian mothers of infants with spina bifida.

  • Jacobson S, McCarthur C, Joshi P, Forman R, Koren G: Availability of folic acid and knowledge about prophylactic use: a survey of urban pharmacies. Can J Clin Pharmacol 2:29-31, 1992.
  • Time for rethinking. Can J Publ Health 84: 207-208, 1993. No abstract available.
    Koren G: Preconceptional folate and neural tube defects

  • Forman R, Chou S, Koren G: The role of folic acid in preventing neural tube defects. Contemp Ped 6: 12-17, 1994.

  • Forman R, Chou S, Koren G: Folic acid and neural tube defects. Contemporary OBGYN, 4 (6): 16-22, 1995.

  • Forman R, Chou S, Koren G: Prevention of spina bifida by folic acid. Contep OB/Gyn 4: 16-22, 1995.
  • Can Fam Phys 41: 2099-2100, 1995. No abstract available.
    Koren G: Can folate prevent neural tube defects after conception?
  • Clin Invest Med 19: 195-201, 1996.
    Forman R, Singal N, Perelman V, Chou S, Hoffman L, Parkin P, Koren G: Folic acid and prevention of neural tube defects; a study of Canadian women giving birth to children with spina bifida.

  • Perelman V, Singal N, Einarson A, Kennedy D, Koren G: Knowledge and practice by Canadian Family Physicians regarding periconceptional folic acid supplementation for the prevention of neural tube defects. Can J Clin Pharmacol 3: 145-148, 1996.
  • Can J Clin Pharmacol 2001; 8: 91-2.
    Kapur B, Koren G: Motherisk alert: Folic acid fortification of flour-three years later.
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