The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 1260-1261, June 2009

Has mandatory folic acid supplementation of foods increased the risk of asthma and allergic disease?

  • Dennis R. Ownby, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dennis R. Ownby, MD, Section of Allergy-Immunology, BG 1019, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th St, Augusta, Ga 30912-3790.

Department of Pediatrics, Section of Allergy-Immunology, BG 1019, Medical College of Georgia, August, Ga

Received 16 April 2009; accepted 16 April 2009. published online 18 May 2009.

Key words: Folate, folic acid, asthma, allergy, neural-tube defects, vitamin B9

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 Disclosure of potential conflict of interest: D. R. Ownby is a member of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network Advisory Board and has received research support as an investigator for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

PII: S0091-6749(09)00662-9

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.023

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume 123, Issue 6 , Pages 1260-1261, June 2009

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