Prevention of spina bifida and other neural tube defects
By: edited by John Dobbing.
Contributors: Dobbing, John.; Rybar Laboratories.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Spina bifida -- Prevention -- Congresses.; Spine -- Abnormalities -- Prevention -- Congresses.; Spinal cord -- Abnormalities -- Prevention -- Congresses.; Skull -- Abnormalities -- Prevention -- Congresses.; Pregnancy -- Nutritional aspects -- Congresses.; Folic acid in human nutrition -- Congresses.; Vitamins in human nutrition -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Based on a workshop sponsored by Rybar Laboratories, Ltd. and held at the Lygon Arms, Broadway, Worcestershire, England, 3-6 October, 1982"--P. i.
Table of contents: title: Maternal nutritional factors and neural tube defects in experimental animals / Mary J. Seller; title: The use of whole embryo culture of the rat in the experimental study of human birth defects / Felix Beck; title: Prevention of neural tube defects by vitamin supplements / R.W. Smithells; title: The role of improvement in the maternal diet and preconceptional folic acid supplementation in the prevention of neural tube defects / K.M. Laurence, H. Campbell, and Nansi E. James; title: Prevention of neural tube defects in an area of high incidence / Norman C. Nevin; title: Epidemiological clues to the causation of neural tube defects / Ian Leck; title: Maternal diet and nutrition during early pregnancy and after delivery in North London / Ian Leck ... [et al.]; title: Economic aspects of the prevention of neural tube defects / Ron Akehurst; title: The possible prevention of neural tube defects by vitamin supplementation / Nicholas Wald.