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THE CAUSE OF THE FALL IN SERUM FOLATE IN NORMAL PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00794.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 83, Issue 2, pages 132–136, February 1976
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Hall, M. H., Pirani, B. B. K. and Campbell, D. (1976), THE CAUSE OF THE FALL IN SERUM FOLATE IN NORMAL PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 83: 132–136. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00794.x
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Summary
Study of a complete antenatal population, a group of normal primigravid singleton pregnancies, and a group of normal twin pregnancies, suggests that the fall in the serum folate concentration which occurs in normal pregnancy is due principally to plasma volume expansion and should therefore be regarded as physiological.