Open AccessA Study on The Incidence of Neural Tube Defects in A Tertiary Care Hospital Over A Period of Five Years
Author(s) -
Vijayalakshmi Kandasamy,
Manickam Subramanian,
Vaithianathan Gnanasundaram,
Sailatha Ramanujam,
Sathiya Saktivel,
Renuka Sivaanandam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/14815.6190
Subject(s) - encephalocele , incidence (geometry) , medicine , spina bifida , neural tube , pediatrics , obstetrics , anencephaly , gastroschisis , fetus , pregnancy , surgery , biology , embryo , physics , genetics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology
Several congenital malformations affect developing fetuses, among which Neural tube defect (NTD) is most common. Folic acid supplementation brought decline in the incidence of NTDs. The present study aims at finding the incidence of NTDs in a tertiary care hospital and compares the results with the similar Indian studies published earlier.