Neural tube defects, maternal cohorts, and age: a pointer to aetiology (original) (raw)

Abstract

The effects of maternal year of birth and age on the declining prevalence of neural tube defects after 1972-3 were examined using 403 cases ascertained in a prospective study in the Fylde of Lancashire during 1957-89. Matched case-control data were analysed using conditional logistic regression analysis.

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