We appreciate Dr. Tsai's advice on our previous study [1] and his extensive review on this topic. Dr. Tsai has pointed out several important issues, and we would like to make further discussions here. First of all, Taiwan is a low prevalence area for neural tube defects (NTDs) and the potential adverse events due to folic acid fortification on other vulnerable populations must be seriously considered according to The Netherlands' experience [2].
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