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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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Autores principales: Poletta, Fernando A., Rittler, Monica, Saleme, Cesar, Campaña, Hebe, Gili, Juan A., Pawluk, Mariela S., Gimenez, Lucas G., Cosentino, Viviana R., Castilla, Eduardo E., López-Camelo, Jorge S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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