Given recent discussions within our group and with our colleague, Lewis Holmes, MD, chief of the Genetics and Teratology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children and director of the North American AED (Antiepileptic Drug) Pregnancy Registry, I wanted to expand upon a previous blog post. In the initial post, I wrote that women who [...]
Tag Archives: folic acid
Folic Acid Supplementation is Recommended for All Women Taking Anticonvulsants and Planning Pregnancy
November 11, 2008 – 10:07 am
Reproductive Age Women Need Folic Acid
February 7, 2008 – 10:26 am
A few weeks ago, January 7-13, 2008, was National Folic Acid Awareness Week at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), therefore we wanted to take the opportunity to remind women of the importance of folic acid in the prevention of birth defects. Folic acid can prevent from 50-70% of neural tube defects, which are defects [...]
