“Folic Acid and the prevention of spinal bifida and other neural tube birth defects.”
Neural tube birth defects have been defined in the medical dictionary as “Any of a group of congenital malformations involving defects in the skull and spinal column that are caused primarily by the failure of the neural tube to close during embryonic development.” (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. 2009, Elsevier.) To me and you NTD’s are birth defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord, which are thought to occur during the first month of a woman’s pregnancy. In the 1960’s a link between folic acid and the prevention of neural tube birth defects such as spinal bifida during pregnancy, was discovered by Professor Richard Smithells and his team which
Neural tube birth defects have been defined in the medical dictionary as “Any of a group of congenital malformations involving defects in the skull and spinal column that are caused primarily by the failure of the neural tube to close during embryonic development.” (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. 2009, Elsevier.) To me and you NTD’s are birth defects of the brain, spine or spinal cord, which are thought to occur during the first month of a woman’s pregnancy. In the 1960’s a link between folic acid and the prevention of neural tube birth defects such as spinal bifida during pregnancy, was discovered by Professor Richard Smithells and his team which