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Higher vitamin B12 levels in both parents associated with a lower risk of birth defects
A prospective cohort study quantifying the associations of parental vitamin B12 and red blood cell (RBC) folate with birth defects found that higher parental vitamin B12 before conception and higher maternal RBC folate concentrations aft…
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The findings, published in Annals of Internal Medicine , suggest that the nutritional status of both parents around the time of conception may play a role in preventing birth defects.
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