A Study on The Incidence of Neural Tube Defects in A Tertiary Care Hospital Over A Period of Five Years [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Introduction: Several congenital malformations affect developing fetuses, among which Neural tube defect (NTD) is most common. Folic acid supplementation brought decline in the incidence of NTDs.
Vijayalakshmi Kandasamy +5 more
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Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Anencephaly and Exencephaly. [PDF]
CureusKrishnan P, Berndsen RE, Gore S.
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Craniospinal rachischisis with multiple anomalies in an anencephalic fetus: A rare case report
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2014 Neural tube defects (NTDs) are the most common malformations accounting for 0.5-1.3 cases/1000 live births with multifactorial etiology. Anencephaly and craniospinal rachischisis are open NTDs.
Hema Basappa Bannur +3 more
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Risk Factors of Anencephaly: A Case–Control Study in Dessie Town, North East Ethiopia
Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 2021 Melese Abebe,1 Mekbeb Afework,2 Bahru Emamu,3 Demissie Teshome4 1Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia; 2Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa
Abebe M, Afework M, Emamu B, Teshome D
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Rare association of cyclopia with craniospinal rachischisis
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2019 Cyclopia is a severe form of holoprosencephaly which results in children being born with just one eye, absence of nose and presence of a proboscis above the median eye. Incidence of cyclopia is around 1.05 in 1, 00,000 births, including stillbirths.
Lynda D Rodrigues +2 more
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Geographic clusters of congenital anomalies in Argentina [PDF]
, 2016 Geographical clusters are defined as the occurrence of an unusual number of cases higher than expected in a given geographical area in a certain period of time.
Barbero, Pablo +7 more
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Are Conscientious Refusal and Conscientious Provision Mutually Exclusive? A Critique of Kelusa and Giubilini's Argument. [PDF]
BioethicsABSTRACT This article challenges the claim that conscientious refusal and conscientious provision in healthcare are mutually exclusive and thus asymmetrical. While US law protects healthcare providers who refuse to perform medical services on moral or religious grounds, it offers no equivalent protections to those who feel morally compelled to provide ...
Ofengenden T.
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Rare and severe neural tube defect: Craniorachischisis totalis
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Craniorachischisis totalis is an uncommon and severe form of neural tube defect. It is characterized by anencephaly and spina bifida throughout the vertebral column accompanied by herniation of neural tissue and meninges.
Faten Limaiem, Kaouther Dimassi
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Study of Central Nervous System Malformations of Perinatal Autopsies [PDF]
Perspectives In Medical Research, 2023 Background: Congenital malformations remain a common cause of perinatal deaths accounting for 10-15% in developing countries like India. They are the most severe disorders of the central nervous system.
Anuradha G Patil +3 more
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Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Damaging de novo Variants in Anencephalic Cases
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 BackgroundAnencephaly is a lethal neural tube defect (NTD). Although variants in several genes have been implicated in the development of anencephaly, a more complete picture of variants in the genome, especially de novo variants (DNVs), remains ...
Linlin Wang +11 more
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