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Background: Arsenic induces neural tube defects in several animal
models, but its potential to cause neural tube defects in humans is unknown. Our
objective was to investigate the associations between maternal arsenic exposure,
periconceptional folic acid supplementation, and risk of posterior neural tube defect
(myelomeningocele) among ... read morea highly exposed population in rural
Bangladesh.
Keywords: Arsenic, Neural tube defect, Myelomeningocele, Birth defect,
Folate deficiency.
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- Mazumdar, Maitreyi, Md Omar Ibne Hasan, Rezina Hamid, Linda
Valeri, Ligi Paul, Jacob Selhub, Ema G. Rodrigues, Fareesa Silva, Selim Mia, Md Golam
Mostofa, Quazi Quamruzzaman, Mahmuder Rahman, and David C. Christiani. "Arsenic is
associated with reduced effect of folic acid in myelomeningocele prevention: a case
control study in Bangladesh." Environmental Health 14, no. 1 (12, 2015):
1-8.
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