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Some Epidemiological Aspects of Central Nervous System Malformations in Manitoba

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Very little light has been shed on the etiology or pathogenesis of human inborn defects. This is particularly true for central nervous system (CNS) malformations. However, infection (1–3), radiation (2), drugs (4–7), nutritional deficiency (8,9), and genetic susceptibility (9–12) have been implicated in their etiologies.

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  1. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Nung Won Choi, F. A. Klaponski, E. Ateah & N. A. Nelson

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  1. Israel Institute for Biological Research and Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Ness-Ziona, Israel

    Marcus A. Klingerg (Head, Department of Epidemiology and Deputy Scientific Director) (Head, Department of Epidemiology and Deputy Scientific Director)

  2. Laboratory of Developmental Pathology J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Hospital and Tel-Aviv University Medical School, Petah-Tikva, Israel

    Armand Abramovici (Director) (Director)

  3. Birth Defects Clinic Departments of Pediatrics A and Pediatric Research, Kaplan Hospital (affiliated with the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem), Rehovot, Israel

    Juan Chemke (Director) (Director)

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Choi, N.W., Klaponski, F.A., Ateah, E., Nelson, N.A. (1972). Some Epidemiological Aspects of Central Nervous System Malformations in Manitoba. In: Klingerg, M.A., Abramovici, A., Chemke, J. (eds) Drugs and Fetal Development. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3219-0_44

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