Higher preconception maternal and paternal vitamin B12 was tied to fewer birth defects in a Shanghai cohort of 3032 couples.
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Latest on infant mortality in the United States (VIDEO)
Author(s)Bobby Lazzara, MD
For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara looks at an observational study published in PLoS Medicine that examined full term infant mortality and what the findings suggest pediatricians need to be doing.
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For Contemporary Pediatrics, Dr Bobby Lazzara looks at an observational study published in PLoS Medicine that examined full term infant mortality and what the findings suggest pediatricians need to be doing.
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