Spina bifida occulta and monozygotic twins.

@article{Spacca2008SpinaBO,
  title={Spina bifida occulta and monozygotic twins.},
  author={Barbara Spacca and Neil Buxton},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics},
  year={2008},
  volume={2 4},
  pages={
          258-60
        }
}
Central nervous system maldevelopment can have different presentations in twins. We report on a case of different presentations of spina bifida occulta in monozygotic twins. The first twin presented at birth with a lipomyelomeningocele; a tethered cord was diagnosed in the second twin at 2 years of age. Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group of common congenital malformations of the brain and spine generated during neurulation. The genetic basis of this process is still not well known. Whenever… 
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