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Folic acid and neural tube defects: Good news at last!
Gideon Koren, MD, FACCT, FRCPC -
Preconception counseling and women's compliance with folic acid supplementation
Anne Pastuszak, MSC; Dimple Bhatia; Bunmi Okotore, MD; Gideon Koren, MD, FRCPC, FACCT -
Taking folic acid during pregnancy:Don't leave it too late
Debbie Kennedy, MD; Anne Pastuszak, MSC; Gideon Koren, MD, 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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