Awareness of folic acid for neural tube
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Ringel, Sigal; Lahat, Eliezer; Elizov, Tamara; Greenberg, Revital; Arieli, Shlom
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The failure of neural tube closure during early embryogenesis results in a range of neural tube defects (NTD), the most common of which is spina bifida. The role of folic acid in reducing the rate of NTD has been well-established. Three recent cases of infants with NTD inspired this investigative st