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Reply to: "Letter to the Editor to: Does vegan diet influence umbilical cord vitamin B12, folate, and ferritin levels?"

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity & Women’s Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizmann Street, 6423906, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Tomer Avnon & Yariv Yogev

  2. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Tomer Avnon & Yariv Yogev

  3. Nutrition and Dietetic Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Ronit Anbar

  4. School of Nutritional Sciences, The Robert H Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ronit Anbar

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Avnon, T., Anbar, R. & Yogev, Y. Reply to: "Letter to the Editor to: Does vegan diet influence umbilical cord vitamin B12, folate, and ferritin levels?". Arch Gynecol Obstet 308, 1897–1898 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-021-06314-1

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