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Projected impact of mandatory food fortification with folic acid on neurosurgical capacity needed for treating spina bifida in Ethiopia

Spina bifida, also known as meningomyelocele, is a major birth defect mostly associated with folate deficiency in the mother early in pregnancy. The prevalence of spina bifida is disproportionately high in Ethiopia compared to the global average; about 10,500 liveborn are affected annually. Many aff...

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Autores principales: Kancherla, Vijaya, Koning, Jan, Biluts, Hagos, Woldemariam, Mersha, Kibruyisfaw, Zewdie, Belete, Addisalem, Koning, Marinus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7986934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33319513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.1857