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Spina bifida and other neural tube defects.
Current problems in pediatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Northrup H, Volcik K A
Abstract excerpt
NTDs, resulting from failure of the neural tube to close during the fourth week of embryogenesis, are the most common severely disabling birth defects in the United States, with a frequency of approximately 1 of every 2000 births. Neural tube malformations involving the spinal cord and vertebral...
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