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Article: Low folic acid levels linked with increased risk of early spontaneous abortion.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 7, 2002
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2002 NOV 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with low folic acid levels are at a significantly increased risk of having an early, naturally occurring termination of their pregnancy, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
According to background information in the article, both folate deficiency and folic acid supplements have been reported to increase the risk of spontaneous abortion, which refers to the naturally occurring termination of a pregnancy - end of the pregnancy with expulsion of the fetus from the woman's body - before the 20th week of pregnancy. The authors wrote that the results of previous studies are ...