Background In the last two decades, India has witnessed a substantial decrease in infant
mortality attributed to infectious disease and malnutrition. However, the mortality attributed to …

Background: In the absence of primary care and prevailing associated social stigma, many
patients of neural tube defects (NTDs) from remote areas die without getting any treatment …

Background: Neural tube defects (NTDs) including spina bifida and anencephaly are the
second most common birth defects with 2.8 per 1000 births in northern Iran. Objectives: This …

Study Design Fifty patients surgically treated for tethered cord syndrome (TCS) were
retrospectively studied at Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi from 2010 until 2014. Purpose …

Objective: To find the frequency and types of spinal dysraphism in patients presenting with
neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at the …

Congenital anomalies are of greater interest to Anatomists, Obstetricians, Paediatricians, &;
Radiologists. Risk assessment is a part of prenatal care and should begin prior to …

Objective: A cross-section study was conducted to determine the incidence and trends of
neural tube defects in babies delivered at a tertiary care center. And those babies who were …

Pakistan is the country with more than 100 million children and spina bifida is a neural tube
defect that commonly affects children. Folic acid deficiency during the initial three weeks of …

Objectives: To determine prevalence and associated risk factors for neural tube defects in
patients at Sheikh Zayed hospital Rahim Yar Khan. Study design: Prospective study with …

Objective: To determine the frequency of neural tube defects (NTDs) among Low risk
pregnancies on folic acid supplementation in periconceptional period. Study design: Cohort …