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. 1984 Jun;38(2):89–98. doi: 10.1136/jech.38.2.89

Epidemiology of frontoethmoidal encephalomeningocoele in Burma.

Aung Thu, Hta Kyu
PMCID: PMC1052327  PMID: 6235305

Abstract

One hundred and thirty nine patients suffering from encephalomeningocoele and myelomeningocoele who had attended the neurosurgical outpatients department of the Rangoon People's Hospital were interviewed. A predominance of frontal encephalomeningocoele was found; a low proportion of these patients had been conceived in the cold season and an increased interval separated the index patients from the previous full term pregnancy of their mothers; no first degree relatives were affected. It is suggested that an environmental factor is implicated in the developmental aetiology.

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