Neural tube defects: a study in Puerto Rico
Fernández, R.; Colón, C.; Fernández, S.A.; Fernández, R.M.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 82(2): 57-61
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 2322345 Document Number: 700559
Recent literature reports an apparent decline in the incidence of neural tube defects throughout the world. A revision of stillbirth certificates and surgical reports of closure procedures for open neural tube defects was done in order to establish the incidence and its trend during a nine year period in Puerto Rico. The current prevalence of the syndrome was estimated using the death certificates in addition to the fore-mentioned surgical reports. Our results indicate that Puerto Rico carries probably the highest incidence of the US territories and that the trend is not declining one.
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