Prenatal folic acid use associated with decreased risk of myelomeningocele: A case-control study offers further support for folic acid fortification in Bangladesh

• Vijaya Kancherla ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vkanche@emory.edu

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Md Omar Sharif Ibne Hasan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Rezina Hamid,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bangladesh Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Ligi Paul,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Jacob Selhub,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Godfrey Oakley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Quazi Quamruzzaman,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dhaka Community Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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• Maitreyi Mazumdar

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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