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Last Posted: Oct 03, 2023

• Neighborhood Deprivation and Neural Tube Defects.
  Shannon Pruitt Evans et al. Epidemiology 2023 34(6) 774-785
• Folate Pathway Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Neural Tube Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
  AK Al Mekkawi et al, J Per Med, September 28, 2022
• Understanding Pregnancy Loss, Infertility, Birth Defects and the MTHFR gene: What Everyone Should Know
  J Gunter, the Vajenda, March 27, 2021
• Guideline No. 410: Prevention, Screening, Diagnosis, and Pregnancy Management for Fetal Neural Tube Defects.
  Wilson R Douglas et al. Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC 2020 Nov
• Laboratory screening and diagnosis of open neural tube defects, 2019 revision: a technical standard of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG).
  Palomaki Glenn E et al. Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2019 Nov
• Genome-wide association studies of structural birth defects: A review and commentary.
  Lupo Philip J et al. Birth defects research 2019 Oct
• Finding the genetic mechanisms of folate deficiency and neural tube defects-Leaving no stone unturned.
  Au Kit Sing et al. American journal of medical genetics. Part A 2017 Nov (11) 3042-3057
• Genetic Risk Factors for Folate-Responsive Neural Tube Defects.
  Molloy Anne M et al. Annual review of nutrition 2017 Aug 269-291
• Global Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
  CDC Grand Rounds, Oct 17, 2017
• Folic Acid Supplementation for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
  USPSTF, JAMA, January 10, 2017
• Nutri-epigenomic Studies Related to Neural Tube Defects: Does Folate Affect Neural Tube Closure Via Changes in DNA Methylation?
  Rochtus Anne et al. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry 2015 (13) 1095-102
• Paternal transmission of MTHFD1 G1958A variant predisposes to neural tube defects in the offspring.
  Prasoona Kattekola R et al. Developmental medicine and child neurology 2015 Sep
• DNA methylation aberrations rather than polymorphisms of FZD3 gene increase the risk of spina bifida in a high-risk region for neural tube defects.
  Shangguan Shaofang et al. Birth Defects Res. Part A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2015 Jan (1) 37-44
• Neural tube defects.
  Greene Nicholas D E et al. Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2014 221-42
• The outcome and course of pregnancies complicated with fetal neural tube defects.
  Steric M et al. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2015 (1) 57-61
• WHO Guideline: Optimal serum and red blood cell folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for prevention of neural tube defects
  April 2015
• Association between maternal single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes regulating glucose metabolism and risk for neural tube defects in offspring.
  Fu Yunting et al. Birth Defects Res. Part A Clin. Mol. Teratol. 2014 Nov 5.
• DNA methylation analysis of Homeobox genes implicates HOXB7 hypomethylation as risk factor for neural tube defects.
  Rochtus Anne et al. Epigenetics 2015 Jan 7. 1-10
• CDC Information: Optimal Blood Folate Concentrations for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
  WHO Guideline at-a-glance