Spina bifida (SB; /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfɪdə/, Latin for 'split spine') is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around...
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Neural tube defect (redirect from Anencephaly spina bifida X linked)
hours after birth. Spina bifida is further divided into two subclasses, spina bifida cystica and spina bifida occulta. Spina bifida cystica includes meningocele...
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Tethered spinal cord syndrome (section Spina bifida)
cord damage if untreated. TCS is often associated with the closure of a spina bifida. It can be congenital, such as in tight filum terminale, or the result...
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Latex allergy (section Spina bifida)
mechanism of this association between spina bifida and latex allergy is not clearly defined. However, spina bifida patients may become sensitized to latex...
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Congenital vertebral anomaly (section Spina bifida)
with low back pain, but more recent study found a large difference. Spina bifida is characterized by a midline cleft in the vertebral arch. It usually...
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Spinal disease (section Spina bifida)
atrophy, ankylosing spondylitis, scoliosis, lumbar spinal stenosis, spina bifida, spinal tumors, osteoporosis and cauda equina syndrome. There are many...
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with kyphosis/scoliosis, ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative discs and spina bifida being recognizable examples. The number of vertebrae in a region can...
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Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (section Spina bifida)
in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS) or spina bifida. The gastrointestinal tract has a complex control that relies on coordinated...
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Bianca Jackson (section Spina bifida)
developments such as affairs, feuds, bereavements, family problems, spina bifida and having an abortion. Bianca's major storylines have included her dysfunctional...
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cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain–Barré syndrome. Temporary paralysis...
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with spina bifida (a condition shared by their eldest son, Jeffrey) with counseling and other necessary services. The couple helped organize the Spina Bifida...
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anomalies of the nervous system include neural tube defects such as spina bifida, encephalocele, and anencephaly. Other congenital anomalies of the nervous...
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including spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, stroke, brain injury, spina bifida, peripheral nerve damage, Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy...
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Dyscalculia has also been associated with Turner syndrome and people who have spina bifida. Mathematical disabilities can occur as the result of some types of brain...
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MTRR (gene) (section Spina bifida)
increases the risk of spina bifida by two-fold. Homozygosis for this mutation is an established maternal risk factor for spina bifida especially with low...
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wanted to use an actor who was handicapped. "So he found a kid who had spina bifida. The kid had never acted before, but he was a wonderful kid. But when...
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Erythematosus Awareness Month National Physical Therapy Month National Spina Bifida Awareness Month Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month (United...
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Rene Kirby (category People with spina bifida)
plays the role of Walt, a man who, like Kirby himself, was born with spina bifida. Shallow Hal (2001) - Walt Stuck on You (2003) - Phil Rupp Carnivàle...
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(1999), "Hydrocephalus Associated with Spina Bifida: Specific Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Problems", Spina Bifida, Springer Japan, pp. 177–184, ISBN 978-4-431-70260-3...
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Hank Williams (category People with spina bifida)
prepared and signed when he was 10 years old. Williams was born with spina bifida occulta, a birth defect of the spinal column that caused him lifelong...
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neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, Prader–Willi syndrome, proteus syndrome, spina bifida, spinal muscular atrophy, syringomyelia, and pectus carinatum. Another...
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women of childbearing age. A meta-analysis of global birth prevalence of spina bifida showed that when mandatory fortification was compared to countries with...
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mutations that would lead to genetic disorders and birth defects, such as spina bifida, cleft palate, Down syndrome, trisomy 18, Tay–Sachs disease, sickle cell...
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John Mellencamp (category People with spina bifida)
October 7, 1951. He is of German and Dutch ancestry. He was born with spina bifida, for which he had corrective surgery as an infant. Mellencamp formed...
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to their first child, Sophia, in March 2005, who was diagnosed with spina bifida at birth. Parker gave birth to the couple's second child, a boy, in October...
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syndrome – Laser Ablation of Vessels Spina bifida – Fetoscopic closure of the malformation. Prenatal repair of the spina bifida lesion through this approach has...
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and Functional Anatomy WebMD. May 17, 2005. Spina Bifida – Topic Overview Information about spina bifida in fetuses and throughout adulthood. WebMD children's...
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ultrasound can be useful for screening for neural tube defects such as spina bifida or anencephaly. Meroanencephaly is a rare form of anencephaly characterized...
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documenting a procedure being developed at Vanderbilt University to treat spina bifida. The photograph was taken on 19 August and the baby (Samuel Alexander...
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gave birth to their first child, Sophie, on March 5, 2005. Sophie has spina bifida, which was diagnosed at birth. Parker gave birth to their son Nicolas...
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