Effect of Vitamin B12 Supplementation in Pregnancy on Perinatal Outcomes

Victoria A. Sullivan, MD

Russell S. Blackwelder, MD, MDiv, CMD

American Family Physician. 2024;110(5):462A-462B.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

VICTORIA A. SULLIVAN, MD, and RUSSELL S. BLACK-WELDER, MD, MDiv, CMD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Address correspondence to Victoria A. Sullivan, MD, at sullivvi@musc.edu.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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