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. 1990 Apr;80(4):473-5.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.4.473.

Influenza epidemics and anencephaly

L Saxén  1 , P C Holmberg, K Kurppa, E Kuosma, R Pyhälä
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Influenza epidemics and anencephaly

L Saxén et al. Am J Public Health. 1990 Apr.

Abstract

To explore the postulated association between maternal influenza and congenital defects of the central nervous system, 14 virologically verified epidemics in Finland, 1969-82, were studied. Mothers of 248 anencephalic children were grouped into those whose first trimester had occurred during an epidemic period and those whose pregnancy had commenced during a non-epidemic period. No significant differences in prevalence of anencephaly were noted in these groups.

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