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Tetralogy of Fallot: pulmonary stenosis, VSD, overriding aorta, and right ventricular hypertrophy.

  1. Folic acid deficiency
  2. Iron deficiency
  3. Maternal alcohol consumption
  4. Maternal smoking
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Correct answer: B. Iron deficiency

Recognized prenatal risk factors for TOF include maternal alcohol use, smoking, poorly controlled diabetes, maternal rubella, phenylketonuria, and nutritional deficiencies such as folic acid. Iron deficiency is associated with anemia, not cardiac malformations.

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