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Spina Bifida - References

Citations

  1. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (2007). Spina Bifida Fact Sheet. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health. Available online: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spina_bifida/detail_spina_bifida.htm?css.

  2. Greer M (2005). Spina bifida and cranium bifidum section of Structural malformations. In LP Rowland, ed., Merritt's Neurology, 11th ed., pp. 593–601.

  3. Liptak GS (2002). Neural tube defects. In ML Batshaw, ed., Children with Disabilities, 5th ed., pp. 467–492. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.

  4. Committee on Genetics, American Academy of Pediatrics (1999). Folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects. Pediatrics, 104(20): 325–327.

  5. Ghatan S (2006). Myelomeningocele. In FD Burb et al., eds., Current Pediatric Therapy, vol. 18, pp. 377–380. Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier.

Other Works Consulted

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002). Folic acid and prevention of spina bifida and anencephaly: 10 years after the U.S. Public Health Service Recommendation. MMWR, 51(RR-13): 1–20.

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Last Updated: May 10, 2007
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