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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 196-199 |
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Myelomeningocoele in dizygotic twins
RO Ugwu, AU Eneh
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt
Correspondence Address:
R O Ugwu
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt
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PMID: 19764674 
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BACKGROUND: Periconceptional use of folic acid can reduce a woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect and other congenital abnormalities. METHOD: Case reports of babies OO both males, who were delivered at term by emergency caesarean section by a 21 year old woman. At birth, both twins had neural tube defects, bilateral talipes equinovarusdeformity, bladder and bowel dysfunction. Twin one in addition had hydrocephalus and a ventriculoseptal heart defect (VSD). CONCLUSION: We advocate comprehensive neural tube defect (NTD) surveillance, a folic acidsupplementation program for high-risk women who have had a NTD-affectedpregnancy and a national folic acid education campaign for allwomen of reproductive age preconceptionally. |
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