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Abstract
Congenital malformations of the central nervous system and adjacent structures related to defective neural tube closure during the first trimester of pregnancy generally occurring between days 18-29 of gestation. Ectodermal and mesodermal malformations (mainly involving the skull and vertebrae) may occur as a result of defects of neural tube closure. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, pp31-41)
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- Developmental Defects, Neural Tube
- Developmental Neural Tube Defects
- Neural Tube Developmental Defects
- Defect, Neural Tube
- Defects, Neural Tube
- Neural Tube Defect
- Acrania
- Craniorachischisis
- Diastematomyelia
- Exencephaly
- Iniencephaly
- Neurenteric Cyst
- Neuroenteric Cyst
- Occult Spinal Dysraphism
- Occult Spinal Dysraphism Sequence
- Spinal Cord Myelodysplasia
- Tethered Cord Syndrome
- Tethered Spinal Cord Syndrome
- Acranias
- Craniorachischises
- Cyst, Neurenteric
- Cyst, Neuroenteric
- Cysts, Neurenteric
- Cysts, Neuroenteric
- Diastematomyelias
- Dysraphism, Occult Spinal
- Dysraphisms, Occult Spinal
- Exencephalies
- Iniencephalies
- Myelodysplasia, Spinal Cord
- Myelodysplasias, Spinal Cord
- Neurenteric Cysts
- Neuroenteric Cysts
- Occult Spinal Dysraphisms
- Spinal Cord Myelodysplasias
- Spinal Dysraphism, Occult
- Spinal Dysraphisms, Occult
- Tethered Cord Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse entry term SPINAL CORD MYELODYSPLASIA with MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES, a defect of bone marrow formation
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History Note
1979; for DIASTEMATOMYELIA and TETHERED CORD SYNDROME use SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA 1991-1999; for NEURENTERIC CYST use SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA 1991-1999, use NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS 1979-1990
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- Anencephaly (1966-1978)
- Central Nervous System (1966-1978)
- Spina Bifida (1966-1978)
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- National Library of Medicine. Neural Tube Defects. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009436. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009436
- Neural Tube Defects. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_tube_defect
- Neural Tube Defects. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q548213