Are encephaloceles neural tube defects?

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 916-923

  Rowland, Courtney A ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^a   Cragan, Janet D ^a   Alverson, Clinton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Encephalocele; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINA BIFIDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; CLASSIFICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33749078802     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1739     Document Type: Article

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