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Is maternal anemia a cause of childhood heart defects?

Is maternal anemia a cause of childhood heart defects?
Study finds significant association Is maternal anemia a cause of childhood heart defects?

Maternal anemia in early pregnancy, when the embryo's heart is forming, could increase the risk of the child being born with a heart defect. A retrospective case-control study from Oxford appears to provide evidence for this. However, a causal relationship is far from proven.

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