Incidence of occult lumbro-sacral spina bifida in parents of children with spina bifida (concerning 80 pairs of parents with affected children)

Authors examined 80 pairs of parents with affected children with spina-bifida. They compared the incidence of spina-bifida occulta in parents and in 211 controls. The conclusion is: there is no increased incidence of spina-bifida occulta in parents of spina-bifida.