Think Beyond Malformations: The Case for Periconceptional Folate in Women With Epilepsy

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Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle. Epilepsy Curr. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 17;20(4):202-204.

doi: 10.1177/1535759720932153. eCollection 2020 Jul-Aug.

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Effects of periconceptional folate on cognition in children of women with epilepsy: NEAD study.
Meador KJ, Pennell PB, May RC, Brown CA, Baker G, Bromley R, Loring DW, Cohen MJ; NEAD Investigator Group. Meador KJ, et al. Neurology. 2020 Feb 18;94(7):e729-e740. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008757. Epub 2019 Dec 23. Neurology. 2020. PMID: 31871217 Free PMC article.

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