Neural tube defects among neonates delivered in Al-Ramadi Maternity and Children's Hospital, western Iraq

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-169

  Al Ani, Zaid R ^a   Al Hiali, Sahar J ^a   Al Mehimdi, Suhaib M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANBAR   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POLYDACTYLY;

HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAQ; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 77949536682     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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