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PLASMA FOLATE LEVELS FOLLOWING AN ORAL LOAD OF FOLIC ACID DURING PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14205.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 79, Issue 7, pages 577–583, July 1972
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Landon, M. J. and Hytten, F. E. (1972), PLASMA FOLATE LEVELS FOLLOWING AN ORAL LOAD OF FOLIC ACID DURING PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 79: 577–583. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb14205.x
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Summary
The rise in the plasma level of folate following an oral load of 15 μg. of folic acid per kg. body weight was examined in a serial study of 12 healthy pregnant women. The average rise in pregnancy was similar to that postpartum and in two male control subjects, but there was a suggestion of a more sluggish rise in early compared to late pregnancy. Individual variation was considerable and greatly exceeded any possible effect of pregnancy.
These data provide no evidence that pregnant women suffer an impairment of folate absorption.