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Impact of folic acid food fortification on the birth prevalence of lipomyelomeningocele in Canada

Philippe De Wals, Margot I. Van Allen, R. Brian Lowry, Jane Evans, Michiel C. Van den Hof, Marian Crowley, Fassiatou Tairou, Soo‐Hong Uh, Barbara Sibbald, Pamela Zimmer,

Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology · 2007 · 29 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

LMMC seems to be pathogenically distinct from myelomeningocele and more studies are needed to understand the embryologic mechanisms leading to this condition, and the environmental and genetic factors involved in its etiology.

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Impact of Folic Acid Fortification of the US Food Supply on the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects

Margaret A. Honein · JAMA · 2001 · 1.1K citations

Reduction in Neural-Tube Defects after Folic Acid Fortification in Canada

Philippe De Wals, Fassiatou Tairou, Margot I. Van Allen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 837 citations

Spina Bifida and Anencephaly Before and After Folic Acid Mandate—United States, 1995-1996 and 1999-2000

JAMA · 2004 · 296 citations · Full text

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Association of neural tube defects and folic acid food fortification in Canada

Joel G. Ray, Chris Meier, Marian J. Vermeulen et al. · The Lancet · 2002 · 294 citations

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Incidence of open neural tube defects in Nova Scotia after folic acid fortification.

Vidia L. Persad, Michiel C. Van den Hof, Johanne Dubé et al. · PubMed · 2002 · 247 citations