During pregnancy, deficiency of which vitamin in women causes neural tube defect in the newborn: March 2010
Ans. C: Folk acid Deficiency of : Thiamine causes Ben Beni, neuritis Pyridoxine causes Convulsion, hyperirritability Folic acid causes sprue, Anemia and neural tube defect in the newborn born to folate-deficient mothers Cyanocobalamin causes pernicious anemia, loss of vibration and position sense, dementia, abnormal gait
Thiamine
Pyridoxine
Folic acid
Cyanocobalamin