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Neural Tube Defects - Role of Folate, Prevention Strategies and Genetics

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Kannan Laksmi Narasimhan
Kannan Laksmi Narasimhan

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,
India

Published16 March 2012

Doi10.5772/1485

ISBN978-953-51-0317-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-5248-4

Copyright year2012

Number of pages212

The book Neural Tube Defects - Role of Folate, Prevention Strategies and Genetics has several eminent international authors and the book is a resource for anybody who is interested in this very important subject. The authors are distinguished and the chapters are a product of their extensive research.

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1. The Role of Folic Acid in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

By Lourdes García-Fragoso, Inés García-García and Carmen L. Cadilla

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2. Strategies for Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

By Hiroko Watanabe and Tomoyuki Takano

2,984
3. Primary Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

By Claudine Nasr Hage and Grace Abi Rizk

3,347
4. Prevention of NTDs - Proposal of a New Concept

By Prinz-Langenohl Reinhild, Pietrzik Klaus and Holzgreve Wolfgang

2,252
5. Antenatal Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

By Naomi Burke, Tom Walsh and Michael Geary

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9. Neural Tube Defects in Algeria

By Bakhouche Houcher, Samia Begag, Yonca Egin and Nejat Akar

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10. Association of A80G Polymorphism in the RFC1 Gene with the Risk for Having Spina Bifida-Affected Offspring in Southeast Mexico and Interaction with C677T-MTHFR

By Lizbeth González-Herrera, Orlando Vargas-Sierra, Silvina Contreras-Capetillo, Gerardo Pérez-Mendoza, Ileana Castillo-Zapata, Doris Pinto-Escalante, Thelma Canto de Cetina and Betzabet Quintanilla-Vega

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