Case Presentation of Open Neural Tube Defect: What Does it Index to ?

Abstract

NJI-June-2017 Neural tube defects (NTDs) are in the top list of birth defects in India. Neural defects may involve brain or spinal cord or both and happens in 1st month of pregnancy due to certain known or unidentified risk factors. One of the clinical evidenced risk factor is folic acid deficiency. NTDs are estimated in around 4.5 per 1000 total births in India (Allagh et al, 2015). Globally, an estimated 88,000 deaths and 8.6 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are due to NTDs (WHO, 2015).