What is spinidifa?

Answer 1

Perhaps you mean spina bifida? This is a condition where the neural tube fails to properly close at about day 7 post conception. The condition can range in severity from spina bifida occulta, where there is a small opening in the bones of the spine, but the skin over it is closed, to open and exposed spinal cord, to anencephaly (failure of the brain to develop).

Folic acid supplement has been included in the flour used in North America to pre-treat all women before conception through normal intake in the diet. Folic acid deficiency has been shown to increase the occurrence of neural tube defects in animal studies.