Neural tube defects are rare among black Americans but not in sub-Saharan black Africans: the case of Yaounde - Cameroon.

Background: Neural tube defects (NTD) are complex malformations rare in black Americans and Japanese. The incidence related to births or community-based studies have not been published in Cameroon or in black sub-Saharan countries, except one study in the Nigerian middle belt [Airede KI. Neural tube defects in the middle belt of Nigeria.