During pregnancy, deficiency of which vitamin in women causes neural tube defect in the newborn: March 2010
Correct Answer: Folic acid
Description: Ans. C: Folk acid Deficiency of : Thiamine causes Ben Beni, neuritis Pyridoxine causes Convulsion, hyperirritability Folic acid causes sprue, Anemia and neural tube defect in the newborn born to folate-deficient mothers Cyanocobalamin causes pernicious anemia, loss of vibration and position sense, dementia, abnormal gait
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