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Neural tube defects: Sex ratio changes after fortification with folic acid
BACKGROUND: Historically, neural tube defects (NTDs) have predominated in female infants but the reasons remain unclear. In South America, the pre- folic acid fortification (FAF) rates of NTDs were around 18/10,000 births for females and 12/10,000 births for males, with an estimated sex ratio (male/...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5851584/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29538416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193127 |