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Option 4 : Folate deficiency
Concept:
- Neural tube defects are one of the major leading causes of death among infants
- Meningocele, meningomyelocele, spina bifida are the common types of neural tube defects
- Which causes open neural tube
- Due to which the child may not have normal body posture
- Mild forms may have good recovery and the serious forms may not have good prognosis
- Folic acid is expected to help in formation of neural tubes
- Mostly for the first 12 weeks of gestation folic acid is given additionally through medicine
- Iron deficiency causes anemia
- Vitamin D deficiency -> Rickets
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