born with anencephaly is usually blind, deaf, unaware of its surroundings and unable to feel pain. Although some individuals with anencephaly may be born...

develops. Specific types include: spina bifida which affects the spine, anencephaly which results in little to no brain, encephalocele which affects the...

abnormally. The condition is frequently, though not always, associated with anencephaly. The fetus is said to have acrania if it meets the following criteria:...

include neural tube defects such as spina bifida, encephalocele, and anencephaly. Other congenital anomalies of the nervous system include the Arnold–Chiari...

vote to legalize abortion in cases of fetuses with anencephaly, saying that children with anencephaly were biologically alive but that they were not a person...

kilometer (0.62 mi) of the hypocenter, an increase in microencephaly and anencephaly was observed upon birth, with the incidence of these two particular malformations...

conditions. neurological abnormalities such as anencephaly, which impair the swallowing reflex. Anencephaly is failure of closure of the rostral neuropore...

generally considered incompatible with life include Potter's syndrome and anencephaly. Where disorders incompatible with life are found before birth, patients...

[citation needed] While anencephaly experiences a partial to total lack of the neurocranium, iniencephaly does not. In anencephaly, the retroflexed head...

neural tube defect related to but distinct from other types such as anencephaly and encephalocele. Most cases of spina bifida can be prevented if the...

skull. This condition is usually found in embryos as an early stage of anencephaly. As an exencephalic pregnancy progresses, the neural tissue gradually...

Fatal neural tube defect with evident anencephaly...

Anencephaly is a condition in which the baby develops with an open skull in some region. Rachischisis can develop in conjunction with anencephaly, increasing...

spectrum of the disorder includes encephalocele, craniorachischisis, and anencephaly. In addition, these defects can also be classified as open, if neural...

that it is the mummy of a Native American infant that was born with anencephaly, but its small size and unusual physical features led to theories that...

1991, a cluster of anencephaly cases in the area made national headlines, prompting a public health investigation. A high anencephaly rate, of 19.7 per...

condition anencephaly as the basis of the case, not the recurring subsidiary symptoms of respiratory distress. As the irreversibility of anencephaly is widely...

reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in the baby. NTDs include anencephaly and spina bifida, among other defects. Low levels in early pregnancy...

American child known for being born missing about 80% of his brain due to anencephaly. He surpassed doctors' expectations, who predicted he would not live...

defects that affect the formation of the nervous system. For example, Anencephaly (or spina bifida) causes abnormalities in the nervous system due to neural...

indicates a greater risk for anencephaly and open spina bifida. This screening is 80% and 90% sensitive for spina bifida and anencephaly, respectively.[citation...

"Termination rates after prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, spina bifida, anencephaly, and Turner and Klinefelter syndromes: a systematic literature review...

and caudal (inferior) neuropore closure results in conditions called anencephaly and spina bifida, respectively. Additionally, failure of the neural tube...

with other severe malformations of the central nervous system, like anencephaly, holoprosencephaly, and microencephaly. The condition was first reported...

occurs in combination with other congenital disorders, particularly anencephaly, neural tube defect and cardiac malformations. When present, the brain...

moderately severe to extremely severe. The extremely severe cases have anencephaly (absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp), agenesis...

venlafaxine use during pregnancy and several birth defects including anencephaly, cleft palate, septal heart defects and coarctation of the aorta. Prospective...

birth defects, particularly neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly. Vitamin B12 Cobalamins Vitamin B12 deficiency results in a macrocytic...

terminalis to close properly at this stage of development will result in anencephaly or meroencephaly. Mesal aspect of a brain sectioned in the median sagittal...

Green, a member of radio host Howard Stern's Wack Pack. Medicine portal Anencephaly (Usually rapidly fatal) Cerebral rubicon Hydrocephaly Macrocephaly Seckel...