Radioactive fallout and neural tube defects

Possible link between radioactivity and the occurrence of neural tube defects is a long lasting debate since the Chernobyl nuclear fallout in 1986. A recent report on the incidence of neural defects in the west coast of USA, following Fukushima disaster, brought another evidence for effect of radioa...

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Published inThe Egyptian journal of medical human genetics Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 299 - 300
Main Author Akar, Nejat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
Egyptian Society of Human Genetics
Springer Nature B.V
SpringerOpen
Subjects
Abnormalities
Anencephaly
Chernobyl
Fukushima
Health aspects
Neural tube
Neural tube defects
Radioactive fallout
Spina bifida
التشوهات الخلقية
الجوانب الصحية
Anencephaly
Fukushima
Chernobyl
Spina bifida
Radioactive fallout
Neural tube defects
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Summary:Possible link between radioactivity and the occurrence of neural tube defects is a long lasting debate since the Chernobyl nuclear fallout in 1986. A recent report on the incidence of neural defects in the west coast of USA, following Fukushima disaster, brought another evidence for effect of radioactive fallout on the occurrence of NTD’s. Here a literature review was performed focusing on this special subject.
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ISSN:1110-8630
2090-2441
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmhg.2015.06.007