Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Anencephaly and Spina Bifida in Boston, Massachusetts
- 23 November 1967
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 277 (21), 1119-1123
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196711232772104
Abstract
IT has been reported that the prevalence rate of anencephaly and spina bifida is very high in Ireland1 , 2 and very low in the Jewish population of the United States.3 These observations prompted the present study of differences in rates between ethnic groups in Boston, Massachusetts. The large population of Irish descent in Boston provides the basis for a study of the effect of migration; the substantial Jewish population allows a re-examination of the earlier observations made in Rhode Island, where the Jewish population is quite small.Embryologic4 and epidemiologic similarities,3 , 5 in particular the tendency for both malformations to occur within . . .Keywords
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