The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7234 p141
1 February 2003

This article
Reprint
Photocopy

News summary

Related websites
The Lancet (www.thelancet.com)

Folic acid and multiple births

Consumption of 400µg of folic acid before or during early pregnancy does not increase a woman's likelihood of having a multiple birth, say researchers. This is the case whether folic acid is taken before the date of ovulation, around the time of fertilisation or after conception, they add (Lancet 2003;361:380).