Q. Which vitamin deficiency in antenatal period is associated with congenital neural tube defects ?

A
Vitamin K
B
Vitamine D
C
Thiamine
D
Folic acid
Solution:

Neural tube defects are birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord. They happen in the first month of pregnancy, often before a woman even knows that she is pregnant. The two most common neural tube defects are spina bifida and anencephaly. In spina bifida, the fetal spinal column doesn’t close completely.

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