Abstract Neural Tube Defects are the most typical congenital malformations, with almost
300,000 cases annually worldwide. The incidence varies amongst geographical ranges …

Objective: To provide obstetrical and genetic health care practitioners with guidelines and
recommendations for prenatal screening, diagnosis, and obstetrical management of fetal …

Objective The prevalence of progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD) in children and
adults with spina bifida is considerable, rising, and entirely preventable. Removing the …

Valproic acid (VPA) is considered to be a drug of first choice and one of the most frequently-
prescribed antiepileptic drugs worldwide for the therapy of generalized and focal epilepsies …

Neural tube defects (NTDs) represent a common group of severe congenital malformations
that result from failure of neural tube closure during early development. Their etiology is …

Incidence Worldwide, the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) varies from 0.17 to 6.39
per 1,000 live births. The declining prevalence of myelomeningocele, the most common …

OBJECTIVE. Neural tube defects (NTDs) are preventable through preconceptional and
periconceptional folic acid intake. Although decreases in the prevalence of NTDs have been …

Objective The purpose of this study was to monitor incidence and outcome in children with
hydrocephalus. Materials and methods This is a population-based prospective study of all …

Defeitos do tubo neural são malformações que ocorrem na fase inicial do desenvolvimento
fetal, levando à anencefalia e espinha bífida; o ácido fólico é o mais importante fator de …

Lipomyelomeningocele represents a rare but complex neurological disorder that may
present with neurological deterioration secondary to an inherent tethered spinal cord …