Browsing by Subject "Folic acid"

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    • Awareness of post partum women on the effects of folic acid in the prevention of congenital anomalies ... 
      Pardo V, Rosa A.; Lay-Son R, Guillermo; Aranda Chacón, Waldo; Dib M, Martín; Espina M, Pablo; Muñoz K, María J.; Muñoz B, Pilar; Navarrete C, María F.; Ojeda M, Natalia V.; Parra, Jorge; Rebolledo D, Cristián A.; Recabal G, Pedro; Tenhamm T, Tamara (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2007)
      Background: Wheat flour in Chile is fortified with folic acid and pregnant women are also supplemented with the vitamin, but the population level of knowledge or awareness about this vitamin and its use by pregnant women ...
    • Cleft lip/palate and flour fortification with folic acid in chile. An exploratory study Fisuras labio-palatinas ... 
      Paulos, Angélica; Pino, Paulina; Cavada Chacón, Gabriel; Lagos, Carolina; Broussain, Valentina; Hasbún, Andrea (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)
      © 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All right reserved.Background: The effect of food fortification with folic acid on the incidence of lip-palate fissures (FLP) is under discussion. Aim: To calculate the rate of hospital ...
    • Folatos y embarazo, conceptos actuales. ¿Es necesaria una suplementación con Acido Fólico? 
      Castaño, Erika; Piñuñuri, Raúl; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2017)
      El aporte de folatos durante el embarazo es esencial para un desarrollo fetal y placentario adecuados y para la salud del individuo a largo plazo. Su deficiencia puede inducir alteraciones y patologías fetales como bajo ...
    • Hyperhomocysteinemia and endothelial function in young subjects: Effects of vitamin supplementation 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Petermann, Margarita M.; Barrera, Gladys; Gattas, Vivien; Escobar, Edgardo; Yañez, Paulina; Glasinovic, Andrea; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (2002)
      Background: The relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and cardiovascular disease has not been totally elucidated. Hypothesis: The study aimed to verify the association between hyperhomocysteinemia and endothelial ...
    • Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms as risk factors for myelomeningocele Estudio de asociación ... 
      Pardo, Rosa; Suazo, José; Castillo, Silvia; Vargas, Marcela; Zalavari, Andrea; Santos, José Luis; Blanco, Rafael; Rotter, Karin; Solar, Margarita; Tapia, Eva (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)
      Background: Mandatory fortification with folic acid (FA) was implemented in Chile in 2000. Thereafter, the rate of spina bifda decreased by 52 to 55%. Genetic abnormalities in folate metabolism may be involved in the ...
    • Spina bifida in Chile: improving every day 
      Pardo Vargas, Rosa (IOS Press, 2017)
      In the last two decades in Chile events that have taken place in order to improve the prevention, management, and treatment of patients with spina bifida in Chile. Aspects of the implementation of a fortification of wheat ...