Edgardo Corral S, Rodrigo Moreno S, Guillermo Pérez G, María Elena Ojeda B, Hernán Valenzuela G, Mauricio Reascos M, Waldo Sepúlveda L
BACKGROUND: In Chile, flour is fortified with folic acid since 2000, and the incidence of neural tube defects has decreased. Cranio-encephalic congenital defects (CECD) have a wider clinical scope, includind classical neural tube defects (NTD) such as anencephalia and acrania, but also incorporating other defects. Therefore, the effects of folic acid fortification on the incidence of CECD could be different. AIM: To study the effect of folic acid fortification on the incidence of CECD...
September 2006: Revista Médica de Chile