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1 online resource |
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1 Introduction: Basic Stuff; To Begin with, Infant Death; Early Death Matters; Perinatal Mortality; 2 Neural Tube Defects; Neural Tube Defects in History; Normal Neural Tube Development; Failure of Closure; Defining Neural Tube Defects; Definition Differences; A Word about Etiology, etc; The Frequency of Neural Tube Defects; Death and Malformation; 3 Setting the Stage; Malformations in Early 20th Century USA; 4 Studies in the Old World; United Kingdom and Ireland; Scotland; England; Other Areas; Northern Region; Oxford; London; South Wales; England and Wales; British/Irish Ancestry |
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5 The Continent of EuropeThe North; The West; The Center; The South; Others; 6 The United States; A Transcontinental View; The Northeast; The South; Midwest; Mid-South; Texas; The West; Pacific West; Furthest West; 7 Geography and Chronology; Nationwide Survey; Continental Overlook; The Larger Northeast; The South; The Center; The Mid-South; The West; 8 Canada; Newfoundland; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Quebec; Ontario; Manitoba; Alberta; British Columbia; Canada from East to West; Other Lands; 9 Australia and New Zealand; Victoria; New South Wales; South Australia; Western Australia |
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Other States and TerritoriesNew Zealand; 10 Blacks and Jews; Blacks; A Puzzle; Jews; 11 The Mideast; Arabs; Iran; Turkey; 12 Asia; India; China; 13 The Sex Ratio Phenomenon; Sex Ratio in all Births; Sex Ratio in Neural Tube Defects; Sex Ratio in Pregnancy; Sex Ratio of Neural Tube Defect Abortions; 14 Abortion; Abortion and Congenital Malformation; Abortion and Chromosome Abnormality; Abortion and Neural Tube Defect; Induced Abortion and Chromosome Abnormality; Questions; 15 Fetal Diagnosis of Neural Tube Defect; Genesis of the Discovery; Neglected Opportunities; Questions |
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16 Etiology I: Early QuestionsRecurrence; Recurrence in Families; Sex Disparities; Neural Tube Defects in Twins; In Sum; Abortion of Neural Tube Defects; Neural Tube Defect Accessories; 17 Etiology II; A Small History Lesson; Later Days; Retinoids; Anticonvulsants; Folic Acid; The Genesis; Next Step: Recurrence Studies; Then Occurrence Studies; 18 Neural Tube Defects in China; Earlier Findings; A Folic Acid Study; Other Studies; Later Reports; Does Folic Acid Prevent Neural Tube Defects?; A Coda; 19 The Ultimate Question; 20 The Future; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Congenital malformations are worldwide occurrences striking in every condition of society. This work focuses on the relation of these malformations to deficiency of a particular dietary ingredient, folic acid |
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obstetrie |
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obstetrics |
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gezondheid |
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health |
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epidemiologie |
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epidemiology |
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voortplantingsorganen |
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reproductive organs |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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humane genetica |
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human genetics |
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biomedische wetenschappen |
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biomedicine |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Abnormalities, Human.
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Abnormalities, Human -- Etiology -- History
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Fetal death -- Causes.
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Perinatal death.
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Fetal Death -- etiology
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Infant Mortality
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Perinatal Mortality
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Abnormalities, Human -- Etiology -- History.
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Abnormalities, Human.
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Fetal death -- Causes.
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Perinatal death.
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Sciences de la vie.
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Biomédecine.
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Abnormalities, Human
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Abnormalities, Human -- Etiology
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Fetal death -- Causes
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Perinatal death
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781402096068 |
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1402096062 |
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9781402096051 |
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1402096054 |
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