N C Nevin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1645820 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N C Nevin |
| GIVEN NAMES | N C |
| FAMILY NAME | Nevin |
| SIGNATURE | NEVIN N C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Potato avoidance during pregnancy in women with a previous infant with either anencephaly and/or spina bifida
This investigation is a direct attempt to test Renwick's (1972) hypothesis that 95% of anencephaly and spina bifida (ASB) is preventable by the avoidance of potatoes during pregnancy. Although the numbers involved in the study are small, the investigation fails to support the concept that short-term avoidance of potatoes before conception and throughout pregnancy in women who have had a previous ASB infant reduces the recurrence risk. In the pota…
Factors associated with anencephalus and spina bifida in Belfast
A high incidence of major malformations of the central nervous system has been reported from both Northern Ireland (Stevenson, Johnston, Stewart, and Golding, 1966) and the Irish Republic (Coffey and Jessop, 1957).These studies, however, were based on hospital births only, leaving some doubt as to whether these high frequencies are real or partly due to preselection of such cases for management in specialist obstetric units.Up to 1968, only one I…
Galton's 'Law of Ancestral Heredity
Galton's 'Law of Ancestral Heredity
Factors associated with anencephalus and spina bifida in Belfast
A high incidence of major malformations of the central nervous system has been reported from both Northern Ireland (Stevenson, Johnston, Stewart, and Golding, 1966) and the Irish Republic (Coffey and Jessop, 1957).These studies, however, were based on hospital births only, leaving some doubt as to whether these high frequencies are real or partly due to preselection of such cases for management in specialist obstetric units.Up to 1968, only one I…
Potato avoidance during pregnancy in women with a previous infant with either anencephaly and/or spina bifida
This investigation is a direct attempt to test Renwick's (1972) hypothesis that 95% of anencephaly and spina bifida (ASB) is preventable by the avoidance of potatoes during pregnancy. Although the numbers involved in the study are small, the investigation fails to support the concept that short-term avoidance of potatoes before conception and throughout pregnancy in women who have had a previous ASB infant reduces the recurrence risk. In the pota…
Medicine (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works) · Spina bifida (2 works) · Anencephaly (1 work) · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Environmental health (1 work) · Ethnology (1 work)