Volume 15, Issue 46 (Mar 2005)                   J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2005, 15(46): 82-86 | Back to browse issues page

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Marzban A, Sadeghizadeh M, Mosavinasab S. Incidence of Gross congenital neural tube defect and its risk factors in new borns at obstetric centre of Vally-e-Asr Hospital in Zanjan . J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2005; 15 (46) :82-86
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Background and purpose : Çongenital anomalies are common causes of mortality & morbidity in children. Ïts treatment and rehabilitation imposes high economic burden on the society. The oceurence of the defects in newborns with congenital, environmental or both factors is 3-5% . The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of Gross congenital neural tube defect in newborns at obstetric center of the Vally-e-Âsr Hospital in Zanjan. Detection of correlation between N.T. D & the parameters such as the place of Mother’s residence, duration of pregnancy and past history of N.T.D in family were among the secondary objective.
Materials and methods : This was a cross-sectional prospective study done on all newborns that were visited at least once by physician and data were recorded in special form.
Results : From a total of 2250 newborns,14 had N.T.D. ( birth). The most common (N.T.D) was spina bifida-cystica (Meningomylo cele & then Meningocele) and mothers in this group were resident in villages (78 %) and 71% of newborns in this groups were term anomaly group, 98% of mothers had history of NTD and also 42% with history of abortion.
Çonclusion : Çontrary to prevalence of NTD in the Ü.S. ( ), in our study the Gross anomaly of NTD was higher ( birth ). There are significant statistical differences between the prevalence of NTD and low socio- economic and residence status of mothers.
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