The most dramatic of all errors of nervous system development are those that arise in the
embryo when the closure of the neural tube and its submergence within the mesoderm are …

The total incidence of neural-tube defects other than anencephalus, and the relative
contributions of cranial and spinal defects to this figure, cannot be computed for the whole …

Neural-tube defects (NTD), including anencephaly, meningomyelocele, and complete
rachischisis, account for the great majority of congenital defects of the central nervous …

In addition to the epidemiology, this book deals with the history, teratology, clinical features
and prenatal diagnosis (methods, costs and ethics) of two neural-tube defects. There are …

The epidemiology of neural tube defects was reviewed, using data from two birth defects
surveiliance systems: the nationwide Birth Defects Monitoring Program and the Metropolitan …

We classified 106 stillborn and live-born infants with anencephaly, meningomyelocele,
meningocele and encephalocele according to the recognized causes of these …

METHOD OF ASCERTAINMENT For two decades the New York State birth certifi-cate has
contained an entry for recording congenital malformations. The entry is completed with a …

Detailed investigations were made on 150 fetuses with neural tube defects (NTD). After
eliminating those with recognised causes, the rest were found to consist of fetuses with both …

During a prospective study of 3500 consecutive births from November 1985 to January 1987
at three hospitals, 40 babies were found to have neural tube defects, an extremely high …

Cases of spina bifida cystica, encephalocele, and anencephaly occurring over a 9-year
period, 1965 to 1973, in New South Wales, Australia, were identified. A low frequency of 1· 1 …