Neurosurgeon-Led Advocacy for Folic Acid Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida

Authors

Nathan A. Shlobin, Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kemel Ghotme, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Sabana, Neurosurgery Unit, Fundacion Santafe de Bogota, Bogota, Colombia.
Adrian Caceres, Department of Neurosurgery, National Children's Hospital of Costa Rica, "Dr. Carlos Saenz Herrera", San José, Costa Rica.
Eylem Ocal, Department of Neurosurgery, Arkansas Children's Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Jogi V. Pattisapu, Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Gail Rosseau, Department of Neurosurgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Jeffrey P. Blount, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Frederick A. Boop, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Document Type

Letter to the Editor

Medical Subject Headings

Humans; Folic Acid (therapeutic use); Neurosurgeons; Spinal Dysraphism (prevention & control, surgery); Anencephaly; Prevalence; Neural Tube Defects

Publication Date

4-1-2023

Publication Title

World neurosurgery

E-ISSN

1878-8769

Volume

172

First Page

96

Last Page

97

PubMed ID

36758793

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.wneu.2023.02.013

Recommended Citation

Shlobin, Nathan A.; Ghotme, Kemel; Caceres, Adrian; Ocal, Eylem; Pattisapu, Jogi V.; Rosseau, Gail; Blount, Jeffrey P.; and Boop, Frederick A., "Neurosurgeon-Led Advocacy for Folic Acid Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida" (2023). Neurosurgery. 1820.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1820