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Brain malformations and cognitive performance in spina bifida

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2020
To systematically characterize radiological features of patients with spina bifida, their relationship to cognitive function, and differences between spina bifida aperta (SBA) and spina bifida occulta (SBO).
J. Schneider, N. Mohr, N. Aliatakis, U. Seidel, R. John, Gabriel Promnitz, B. Spors, A. Kaindl   +7 more
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Quality of life: Guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Quality of Life (QOL) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) are important concepts across the life span for those with spina bifida (SB). This article discusses the SB Quality of Life Healthcare Guidelines from the 2018 Spina Bifida Association’s ...
K. Sawin, T. Brei, A. Houtrow
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Open spina bifida characterisation in a dog foetus

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Background Open spina bifida is an uncommon malformation in animals, and there is a lack of imaging, clinical, and pathological characterisation of this condition in dogs.
Yue Chen, Dan Su, Xiaorong Sun, Wenjuan Gui   +3 more
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Spina bifida-predisposing heterozygous mutations in Planar Cell Polarity genes and Zic2 reduce bone mass in young mice [PDF]

, 2018
Fractures are a common comorbidity in children with the neural tube defect (NTD) spina bifida. Mutations in the Wnt/planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway contribute to NTDs in humans and mice, but whether this pathway independently determines bone mass is ...
A Kamalakar, A Trinh, AJ Copp, AJ Copp, AS Findlay, B Wang, BA Alman, C Cooper, C Hartmann, CF Davey, CH Chen, D Karasik, D Szklarczyk, DG Winkler, DJ Epstein, DM Juriloff, E Canalis, E Nikolopoulou, EM Curtis, GH Li, GL Galea, GL Galea, GL Galea, GL Galea, H Marreiros, H Yin, HF Zheng, IR Orriss, IR Orriss, JK Morris, JN Murdoch, K Estrada, KC Keller, KS Joeng, L D’Andrea, LJ Martin, LL Yates, LL Yates, M Akbar, M Kalogeropoulos, ME Ross, MJ Anderson, MJ Harris, MJ Harris, MR Dohn, NC Nowlan, P Andre, P Elms, P Ybot-Gonzalez, P Ybot-Gonzalez, R Klootwijk, R Xu, S Babayeva, S Li, S Maere, SA Brown, SE Taylor, SJ Conway, T Dodge, T Yang, UM Ayturk, V Martinelli, W Yang, Y Erdem, Y Koyabu, Y Lei, Z Kibar   +66 more
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Testing the Feasibility of a Passive and Active Case Ascertainment System for Multiple Rare Conditions Simultaneously: The Experience in Three US States [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Owing to their low prevalence, single rare conditions are difficult to monitor through current state passive and active case ascertainment systems.
Mann, Joshua, McDermott, Suzanne, Reichard, Amanda, Royer, Julie, Ruttenber, Margaret, Smith, Michael G., Valdez, Rodolfo   +6 more
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Projected impact of mandatory food fortification with folic acid on neurosurgical capacity needed for treating spina bifida in Ethiopia

Birth Defects Research, 2020
Spina bifida, also known as meningomyelocele, is a major birth defect mostly associated with folate deficiency in the mother early in pregnancy. The prevalence of spina bifida is disproportionately high in Ethiopia compared to the global average; about ...
V. Kancherla, J. Koning, H. Biluts, M. Woldemariam, Zewdie Kibruyisfaw, A. Belete, Marinus Koning   +6 more
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Self-management and independence guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Self-management and independence behaviors are associated with improved health conditions common to spina bifida such as skin integrity and bowel and bladder management. While most children with spina bifida ultimately achieve basic self-care behaviors, (
L. Logan, K. Sawin, Melissa H. Bellin, T. Brei, Jason Woodward   +4 more
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Sexual health and education guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
Sexual development is not only comprised of the changes to a person’s body during puberty; it is a part of social development and should be considered in the context of basic and routine human desires for connectedness and intimacy, beliefs, values and ...
A. Houtrow, M. Roland
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Effectiveness of folic acid fortified flour for prevention of neural tube defects in a high risk region [PDF]

, 2016
Despite efforts to tackle folate deficiency and Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) through folic acid fortification, its implementation is still lacking where it is needed most, highlighting the need for studies that evaluate the effectiveness of folic acid ...
Chen, Gong, De Steur, Hans, Gellynck, Xavier, Pei, Lijun, Wang, Haochen, Zhang, Xiaotian, Zheng, Xiaoying   +6 more
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Transition into adult healthcare services in Scotland –findings from a study concerning service users at the Scottish Spina Bifida Association [PDF]

, 2014
Background and Aims: Literature on interventions that enable young people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus to have smooth transition, into adult healthcare services, stress the need for the process to start early and to include all family members ...
Carachi, Robert, Levy, Sharon, Wynd , Andrew H D   +2 more
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