Examples of folic acid

• All patients should be started on folic acid replacement as folate requirements increase during haemolytic processes.

• It may be right for the woman to take the folic acid antagonist, even if this causes spina bifida in her foetus.

• When cases were compared with non-cases, the only variables they significantly differed on were folic acid levels and physical health.

• A quantitative assessment of plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for vascular disease : probable benefits of increasing folic acid intakes.

• The effects of folic acid and homocysteine are overlapping but distinct.

• All the preparations used routinely in pregnancy are now combined with an appropriate dose of folic acid.

• Sisters with low levels of folic acid in their blood were at significantly increased risk of dementia.

• Let's assume that folic acid is necessary to reduce the chance of the foetus developing spina bifida.