Folate plays a key role in the interactions between nutrition, fetal programming, and
epigenomics. Maternal folate status influences DNA methylation, inheritance of the agouti …

B vitamin deficiency is a leading cause of neurological impairment and disability throughout
the world. Multiple B vitamin deficiencies often coexist, and thus an understanding of the …

Genetic or nutritional disturbances in one-carbon metabolism, with associated
hyperhomocysteinemia, can result in complex disorders including pregnancy complications …

Introduction Neural tube defects are the major causes of fetal loss and considerable
disabilities in infants. Currently, there is no significant research on the incidence of Neural …

Neural tube defects remain a major problem in developing countries, but there are limited
comprehensive national reports to date in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the …

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a multi-faceted gonadal cytokine. It is present in all
vertebrates with its original function in phylogeny being as a regulator of germ cells in both …

Background The prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in China declined during 2000–
2017 with periconceptional folic acid (FA) supplementation, which is effective in reducing the …

Background: Folate deficiency is an independent risk factor for congenital heart disease
(CHD); however, the maternal plasma folate level is paradoxically not a good diagnostic …

Introduction Unlike developing countries, including Ethiopia the identification of the risk
factors in decreasing the burden of neural tube defects (NTDs) is well established in the …

The ability of 55 strains from different Lactobacillus species to produce folate was
investigated. In order to evaluate folic acid productivity, lactobacilli were cultivated in the …