Maternal folic acid supplementation and the risk of congenital heart defects in offspring: a meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies.

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Published in Sci Rep on February 17, 2015

Authors

Yu Feng1, Song Wang1, Runsen Chen1, Xing Tong2, Zeyu Wu1, Xuming Mo1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
2: Atherosclerosis Research Center, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

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