» Articles » PMID: 4886413

Mortality from Congenital Malformations of the Central Nervous System in Norway, 1951-65. Life Insurance Companies' Institute for Medical Statistics at the Oslo City Hospitals, Report No. 12

Overview
Specialty Public Health
Date 1969 Feb 1
PMID 4886413
Citations 2
Authors
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Citing Articles

Hypothesis: anencephaly and spina bifida are usually preventable by avoidance of a specific but unidentified substance present in certain potato tubers.

Renwick J Br J Prev Soc Med. 1972; 26(2):67-88.

PMID: 4558508 PMC: 478703. DOI: 10.1136/jech.26.2.67.


The sex ratio in spina bifida.

James W J Med Genet. 1979; 16(5):384-8.

PMID: 390150 PMC: 1012615. DOI: 10.1136/jmg.16.5.384.

References
1.
Leck I . Changes in the incidence of neural-tube defects. Lancet. 1966; 2(7467):791-3. DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(66)90383-7. View

2.
Naggan L, MacMahon B . Ethnic differences in the prevalence of anencephaly and spina bifida in Boston, Massachusetts. N Engl J Med. 1967; 277(21):1119-23. DOI: 10.1056/NEJM196711232772104. View

3.
MacMahon B, PUGH T, Ingalls T . Anencephalus, spina bifida, and hydrocephalus incidence related to sex, race, and season of birth, and incidence in siblings. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1953; 7(4):211-9. PMC: 1058516. DOI: 10.1136/jech.7.4.211. View

4.
Pedersen E . [Case distribution of thyroid cancer in Norway]. Nord Med. 1956; 56(31):1108-10. View