Beyond folic acid: can optimizing maternal status of other methyl donors contribute to further reducing the risk of neural tube defects?

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¹ Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: h.mcnulty@ulster.ac.uk.

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Helene McNulty. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Sep.

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. 2023 Sep;118(3):491-493.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.07.005. Epub 2023 Aug 8.

¹ Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: h.mcnulty@ulster.ac.uk.

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Periconceptional intakes of methyl donors and other micronutrients involved in one-carbon metabolism may further reduce the risk of neural tube defects in offspring: a United States population-based case-control study of women meeting the folic acid recommendations.
Petersen JM, Smith-Webb RS, Shaw GM, Carmichael SL, Desrosiers TA, Nestoridi E, Darling AM, Parker SE, Politis MD, Yazdy MM, Werler MM; National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Petersen JM, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 Sep;118(3):720-728. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.05.034. Epub 2023 Aug 8. Am J Clin Nutr. 2023. PMID: 37661108 Free PMC article.