[Neural tube defects in newborns and relation with consanguineous marriage, ethnicity and mother's age in Gorgan]

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: neural tube defect is one of the most important malformations of the newborns. The aim of this study was to investigate the rates of NTD, anencephaly, spina-bifida cystica, encephalocele and the relation of these abnormalities with sex, ethnicity, mother's age and consanguineous marriage in north of Iran [Gorgan]