Prevention of spina bifida: folic acid intake during pregnancy in Gulu district, northern Uganda [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 INTRODUCTION: the intake of folic acid before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy can prevent spina bifida. This paper describes folic acid intake in women in Gulu district in northern Uganda.
Femke Bannink +4 more
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Prevention of neural tube defects: a cross-sectional study of the uptake of folic acid supplementation in nearly half a million women. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BackgroundTaking folic acid supplements before pregnancy to reduce the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD) is especially important in countries without universal folic acid fortification.
Jonathan P Bestwick +3 more
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Association of Folic Acid Deficiency with Ischemic Heart Disease [PDF]
Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2018 Background: To assess the association between folic acid deficiency and ischemic heart disease Methods: In this observational study patients of 25-65 years of age with newly diagnosed ischemic heart disease were included.
Mubashar Yameen +4 more
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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES OF PREGNANT MOTHERS TOWARDS THE USE OF FOLIC ACID DURING ANTENATAL AT ENTEBBE REGIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, WAKISO DISTRICT: A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY. [PDF]
Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Background: In Uganda, the uptake of folic acid during pregnancy stands at 3.1% among all pregnant women which has led to an estimated 1400 children with spinal bifida annually.
HABIB ATAYO, Hasifa Nansereko
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Adsorption and Vibrational Study of Folic Acid on Gold Nanopillar Structures Using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopy [PDF]
Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, 2015 This paper presents a study of adsorption and vibrational features of folic acid, using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). A gold-capped silicon nanopillar (Au NP) with a height of 600 nm and a width of 120 nm was utilized to study the vibrational
John J. Castillo +3 more
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Nano Composite Fe-Co-V /Zeolite as a Nano Carrier for Folic Acid Drug Controlled Release [PDF]
Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 large reserves of zeolites has been one of the comparative advantages of the country in this field and provides economic justification for its use in a variety of applications, including medical and pharmaceutical fields such as artificial kidney ...
Shima Zangeneh Yousef Abadi +2 more
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Influence of folic acid knowledge on effective folic acid intake in Chinese pregnant women: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2023 Purpose This study aimed to investigate the current status of effective folic acid intake and the level of folic acid knowledge of Chinese pregnant women and to analyze the relationship between effective folic acid intake and folic acid knowledge ...
You Jing Jin, Hae Won Kim
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Progress of Folic Acid-Folate Receptor as Drug Carriers in Targeted Drug Delivery System [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2022 Targeted drug delivery system is an effective method for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, it has received much attention because of its low side effects and therapeutic efficacy. Folic acid receptor is highly expressed on the surface of most cancer
Zhang Zhanpeng
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundHigh prevalence of neural tube defects remains one of the major threats to newborns in rural China. Folic acid supplementation before and during early pregnancy can effectively reduce the risk of neural tube defects.
Jie Yang +7 more
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