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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

Fatal neural tube defect with evident anencephaly....

spring of 1991 a cluster of anencephaly cases made national headlines and prompted a public health investigation. A high anencephaly rate of 19.7 per 10,000...

Factors that predispose to face presentation are prematurity, macrosomia, anencephaly and other malformations, cephalopelvic disproportion, and polyhydramnios...

Anomaly Scan Fetal Conditions Placental Conditions Maternal Conditions Anencephaly Cleft lip Congenital heart defect Diaphragmatic hernia Gastrochisis Congenital...

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

(alpha privative) Greek ἀ-/ἀν- (a-/an-), not, without analgesic, apathy, anencephaly ab- from; away from Latin abduction, abdomen abdomin- of or relating...

which one twin is born without a head Acrania, missing cranial bones Anencephaly, absence of a major part of the brain and skull Decapitation, the severing...

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

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...

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

by the Supreme Federal Court, abortion is also permitted in case of anencephaly, and it may also be authorized by court order in other fatal cases of...

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

acalvaria is sometimes confused with anencephaly or encephalocele. A distinguishable difference is that with anencephaly, the cerebral hemispheres are missing...

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

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

recorded in cases of sirenomelia include neural tube defects (rachischisis, anencephaly, and spina bifida), holoprosencephaly, hypoplastic left heart syndrome...