Peri-Conceptional Intake of Folic Acid Supplement to Date: A Medical-Legal Issue

Folic Acid (FA) supplementation during pregnancy represents a so widespread and established recommendation all over the world, to be taken for granted sometimes. As a matter of fact, this vitamin supplement is worldwide recommended mostly during peri-conceptional period for its proved preventive effect on Neural Tubal Defects (NTDs), like spina bifida. However, The biological and clinical potential of FA is reassessing and this represents a hot topic in scientific community, mostly in consideration of the possible medical-legal implications. An overview is mandatory in order to keep in mind FA-related possible