妇幼保健史上的一项重要进展:叶酸预防神经管畸形  

An important progress in the history of maternal and child health: the prevention of neural tube defects with folic acid

作　　者：米卓琳 唐文佩[1] MI Zhuolin;TANG Wenpei(Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine,School of Medical Humanities,Peking University,Beijing 100191,China)

机构地区：[1]北京大学医学人文学院医学史与医学哲学系,北京100191

出　　处：《中国性科学》2020年第4期157-160,共4页Chinese Journal of Human Sexuality

基　　金：中国科协老科学家学术成长资料采集工程“严仁英学术成长资料采集”(CJGC 2016-F-Z-GKD08)。

摘　　要：神经管畸形严重威胁婴幼儿健康,是妇幼保健的重要议题之一。叶酸预防神经管畸形的提出与论证历经近半个世纪,是妇幼保健史上的一项重要进展。本文系统梳理了这一科学发现的智识史,呈现我国在叶酸预防神经管畸形研究中扮演的重要角色,及其对我国相关公共卫生政策制定的影响。Severely threatening infant health and care quality, neural tube defects are one of the most important topics in maternal and child care. Proposition and proving of the idea that folic acid could prevent neural tube defects have taken half a century, and it is an important progress in the history of maternal and child health. This paper introduces the intellectual history of this scientific discovery, and presents the important role that China plays in the research on folic acid and neural tube defects, as well as the implication on related public health policy formulation.

关 键 词：出生缺陷 神经管畸形 叶酸 妇幼保健 

分 类 号：R714[医药卫生—妇产科学]