Corrigendum to "Neural tube defects are rare among black Americans but not in sub-Saharan black Africans: The case of Yaounde-Cameroon" [J Neurol Sci 270 (2008) 13-17] (DOI:10.1016/j.jns.2008.01.010);Neural tube defects are rare among black Americans but not in sub-Saharan black Africans: The case of Yaounde - Cameroon

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Njamnshi, A K ^a   Djientcheu, V de P ^a   Lekoubou, A ^a   Guemse, M ^a   Obama, M T ^b   Mbu, R ^a   Takongmo, S ^b   Kago, I ^c  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b University Hospital Center of Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^c The Chantal Biya Foundation Yaounde   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Cephalocele; Dysraphism; Incidence; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Sub Saharan African

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEGRO; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 44649107690     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.01.019     Document Type: Erratum

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