TY - JOUR AU - McNulty, Helene AU - Rollins, Mark AU - Cassidy, Tony AU - Caffrey, Aoife AU - Marshall, Barry AU - Dornan, James AU - McLaughlin, Marian AU - McNulty, Breige A. AU - Ward, Mary AU - Strain, J. J. AU - Molloy, Anne M. AU - Lees-Murdock, Diane J. AU - Walsh, Colum P. AU - Pentieva, Kristina PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/31 TI - Effect of continued folic acid supplementation beyond the first trimester of pregnancy on cognitive performance in the child: a follow-up study from a randomized controlled trial (FASSTT Offspring Trial) JO - BMC Medicine SP - 196 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Periconceptional folic acid prevents neural tube defects (NTDs), but it is uncertain whether there are benefits for offspring neurodevelopment arising from continued maternal folic acid supplementation beyond the first trimester. We investigated the effect of folic acid supplementation during trimesters 2 and 3 of pregnancy on cognitive performance in the child. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1432-4 DO - 10.1186/s12916-019-1432-4 ID - McNulty2019 ER -