Genomics|Update|Current: Spina Bifida Awareness Month: Genetics & Public Health

Genomics|Update|Current

Spina Bifida Awareness Month: Genetics & Public Health

CDC information: Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD)

CDC information: Test your knowledge about spina bifida

CDC Information: Spina bifida basics

CDC information: Spina Bifida Registry

CDC information: Folic Acid

CDC information: Folic Acid: Birth Defects COUNT, a global initiative to reduce neural tube defects

CDC information: Recurrence prevention for women who have had a pregnancy or child affected by a neural tube defect

CDC paper: Population red blood cell folate concentrations for prevention of neural tube defects: Bayesian model. 
Crider KS, et al.. BMJ. 2014 Jul 29;349:g4554.

Key findings for this paper

CDC videos: The Spina Bifida Experience series

Spina Bifida Association 

National Council on Folic Acid

Mayo Clinic Information:  Couples who've had one child with a neural tube defect have a slightly higher chance of having another baby with the same defect. That risk increases if two previous children have been affected by the condition

Check out genetic conditions and tests related to spina bifida and other neural tube defects from theNIH Genetic Testing Registry

Check out which genes have been associated with risk of spina bifida and other neural tube defects from the HuGE Navigator