Gestational perturbation of homocysteine metabolism reduces Spina bifida prevalence in Osun State, Nigeria

Prevalence of latex allergy in spina bifida patients in Singapore

BACKGROUND Latex allergy and its clinical presentation are rising in prevalence across the globe, especially amongst patients with spina bifida (SB). While studies have been well-established in Europe and America, data from Asia are limited. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate the scenario in Singapore. METHODS 35 subjects with SB, aged 5 to 32 years answered a questionnaire a...

Lenticonus in spina bifida

Anterior lenticonus is a rare anomaly, first described by Webster (I874), which is frequently associated with Alport's syndrome of nephritis and perceptual deafness. A report of the 42 cases recorded up to I966 is given by Arnott, Crawfurd, and Toghill, i966. South Wales has an unusually high incidence of spina bifida. The incidence was found to be 3-92 per iooo in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire w...

Prevalence of hypertension in the rural adult population of Osun State, southwestern Nigeria

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension in two rural communities of Osun State, Nigeria. METHODS A consenting adult population of the Alajue and Obokun rural communities in southwestern Nigeria that presented for the screening exercise participated in this community-based cross-sectional descriptive study. Two hundred and fifty-nine respondents age...

Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)

Studies in Spina Bifida Cystica

Nicolai Tulp, the physician whose features are immortalized in Rembrandt's painting 'The School of Anatomy', first suggested the name 'spina bifida' (Tulpius, 1652), though the condition was known to Hippocrates, and the mediaeval Arab physicians are said (Denuce, 1906) to have specifically recognized the absence of the spinous processes in the affected area. Ruysch (1691) distinguished between...