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The authors of the Lancet article worry about the effect which folate
supplementation of flour might have on pregnancies after successful IVF.
But are not all to-be-mothers who undergo IVF already taking folate
supplementation (400 mcg daily)in the UK? I understand most are advised or
prescibed folic acid just like any woman trying to conceive.
Helga Rhein
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Competing interests:
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23 May 2006
Helga Maria Rhein
General Practitioner
Sighthill Health Centre, Edinburgh, Calder Road EH11 4AU
Folate in flour increasing IVF twin pregnancies?
The authors of the Lancet article worry about the effect which folate
supplementation of flour might have on pregnancies after successful IVF.
But are not all to-be-mothers who undergo IVF already taking folate
supplementation (400 mcg daily)in the UK? I understand most are advised or
prescibed folic acid just like any woman trying to conceive.
Helga Rhein
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests