title: Myelomeningocoele in dizygotic twins.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Periconceptional use of folic acid can reduce a woman's risk of having a baby with a neural-tube defect and other congenital abnormalities.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case reports of babies OO both males, who were delivered at term by emergency caesarean section by a 21 year old woman. At birth, both twins had neural tube defects, bilateral talipes equinovarusdeformity, bladder and bowel dysfunction. Twin one in addition had hydrocephalus and a ventriculoseptal heart defect (VSD).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We advocate comprehensive neural tube defect (NTD) surveillance, a folic acidsupplementation program for high-risk women who have had a NTD-affectedpregnancy and a national folic acid education campaign for allwomen of reproductive age preconceptionally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt. rossaire2003@yahoo.com
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Ugwu
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Eneh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic
chemical_list: D005492:Folic Acid