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Opportunities and Challenges for Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies in Sub‐Saharan Africa
Birth Defects Research, Volume 118, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Congenital anomalies (CA) are ranked as the 3rd and 4th leading cause of neonatal and under‐5 mortality, respectively. Over 30% of infants born with a serious CA are found in sub‐Saharan Africa. Yet there are few robust epidemiological data on the burden and distribution of CA and associated mortality, disability, and morbidity ...
Emma Kalk +18 more
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Anencephaly is a complicated and perplexing situation
, 2022 Anencephaly means simply no brain or acrania. To be precise, it is a congenital absence of the skull, scalp, and forebrain (cerebral hemispheres). It was categorized under neural tube defects (NTD). As a whole, NTD is the second most common fatal anomaly
Khin Than, Yee +3 more
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Neural tube defects: A case series
MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2021 Neural tube defects (NTDs) are the most common congenital malformations (CMFs) in developing fetus. The study was done to determine the incidence and clinical profile of NTDs at a tertiary care hospital.
Sowmya Mailaram +4 more
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Testing the Energetics of Gestation and Growth Hypothesis for Human Secondary Altriciality
Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews, Volume 35, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT The pronounced neurological immaturity, yet increased birthweight of human neonates relative to other primates, known as secondary altriciality, is traditionally attributed to obstetric constraints arising from pelvic adaptations for bipedal locomotion and childbirth—the so‐called obstetrical dilemma.
Cédric Cordey +2 more
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Anencephaly with diaphragmatic hernia in sibs
, 1979 Two sibs who both had anencephaly and diaphragmatic hernia are reported. The type of diaphragmatic defect in anencephaly may differ from the defect seen in other babies.
Parker, V. M. +2 more
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Congenital Neurologic Malformations
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1990 A 17-year survey of major congenital neurologic malformations among infants born in U.S. Army Hospitals worldwide from January 1, 1971 through December 31, 1987 is presented from the Neonatology Services, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Food Bioengineering, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 244-258, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study rigorously assessed the impact of folic acid‐fortified whole wheat products on mitigating mild liver injury caused by prolonged excessive folic acid consumption, improving folic acid bioavailability, and enhancing spatial cognitive functions in mice over a 48‐day intervention period.
Yan Qi +3 more
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Rwanda Medical Journal, 2023 A gravid middle-aged woman viewed on ultrasound demonstrated a viable anencephalic fetus at 25 weeks gestational age. The absence of the bilateral cerebral hemisphere, cranial vault, anhydramnios, abdominal ascites, and phaco-rhizomelia was ...
M. Adam Afodun +7 more
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Anencephaly and its Associated Malformations [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Introduction: Anencephaly is a serious neural tube defect in which parts of the brain and skull are not developed. But apart from this it is also associated with other malformations which are not related to neural tube in development.
Ravikiran Ashok Gole +2 more
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