A Study of Neural Tube Defects

The present study was under taken to know the incidence of congenital anomalies, in Cheluvamba Hospital attached to Mysore Medical College &; Research Institute Mysore. Among 3000 births during May September 1999, there were 61 babies with congenital anomalies, among these, 32 babies had neural tube defects. Results were analysed and compared with other studies reported in the literature. Overall incidence of congenital anomalies was 2.03 %, incidence of CNS anomalies was 49.19% and incidence of Neural Tube Defects was 1.06 %.