Epidemiology of Neural Tube Defects
Open Access
- 9 June 2003
- Vol. 44 (s3) , 4-13
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1528-1157.44.s3.2.x
Abstract
Summary: Neural tube defects (NTDs)—malformations secondary to abnormal neural tube closure between the third and fourth weeks of gestational age—have a complex and imperfectly understood etiology i...Keywords
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