dc.creator | Cortés M,Fanny | |
dc.creator | Mellado S,Cecilia | |
dc.creator | Hertrampf D,Eva | |
dc.creator | Alliende R,Angélica | |
dc.creator | Castillo T,Silvia | |
dc.date | 2001-03-01 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T15:26:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T15:26:27Z | |
dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872001000300007 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/126749 | |
dc.description | Background: Fortification of wheat flour with folic acid in Chile, started in January 2000. This fortification should decrease the incidence of neural tube defects. Aim: To study the incidence of neural tube defects among Chilean newborns, during 1999. Material and methods: The records of all newborns and stillbirths with a birth weight over 500 g from 9 public maternity hospitals in Santiago in 1999, were reviewed. All neural tube defects, associated or not to other malformations were taken into account. Results: During the study period, 59.627 newborns and 455 stillbirths were analyzed. The global incidence of neural tube defects was 1.56 per 1.000 born (57% women, 42% men and 1% ambiguous sex). Spina bifida was the most frequent neural tube defect found. Conclusion: These baseline data will be useful to assess the impact of folic acid fortification of wheat flour. (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 277-84). | |
dc.format | text/html | |
dc.language | es | |
dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
dc.relation | 10.4067/S0034-98872001000300007 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.129 n.3 2001 | |
dc.subject | Abnormalities | |
dc.subject | Folic acid | |
dc.subject | Neural tube defects | |
dc.subject | Wheat | |
dc.title | Frecuencia de los defectos de cierre del tubo neural en las maternidades públicas de Santiago durante el año 1999 | |