Folic acid supplements should be standard for pregnant women with HIV where there is a risk that dietary folate intake is low.
Low levels of folate (vitamin B9) increased the risk of neural tube defects in the foetuses of mice fed dolutegravir during pregnancy, underlining the importance of folic acid supplements for women of childbearing age and fortification of food with folic acid, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in the journal AIDS.
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