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| Anencephaly |
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| Anencephaly
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•Shows lack of cerebral hemispheres and overlying
skull as well as characteristic bulging eyes.
•Usually associated with facial and other malformations.
•Occur in 1:1000 births.
•If a woman has one infant with a neural tube defect the
chance of occurrence of another is l:50.
•If she has two such infants the chance of another is 1:25.
| | (Description By:Margaret Grunnet,M.D. )
| | (Image Contrib. by: Hartford Hospital )
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