Thiago Dias Sarti

Folic Acid Protection in Congenital Neural Tube Defects: A Narrative Review

Gabriela Schettino, Valmin Ramos-Silva & Thiago Dias Sarti · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2024

Introduction: Neural tube defects, a congenital malformation of multifactorial source, affect more than 200,000 to 300,000 births a year, and are twice as common in developing countries. Food fortification with folic acid has been shown to be effective reducing this congenital ma...