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01-06-2021 | Folic Acid | Letter to the Editor

The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery resolution on mandatory folic acid fortification of staple foods for prevention of spina bifida and anencephaly and associated disability and child mortality

Authors: Adrian Caceres, Jeffrey P. Blount, Martina Messing-Jünger, Sandip Chatterjee, Graham Fieggen, Jose Francisco Salomao

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 6/2021

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Title: The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery resolution on mandatory folic acid fortification of staple foods for prevention of spina bifida and anencephaly and associated disability and child mortality
Authors: Adrian Caceres
Jeffrey P. Blount
Martina Messing-Jünger
Sandip Chatterjee
Graham Fieggen
Jose Francisco Salomao
Publication date: 01-06-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Folic Acid
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 6/2021
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05191-y

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