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Anencephaly
Known as:
Anencephaly [Disease/Finding]
, Brain Congenital Absence
, Anencephalia
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A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums…
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Acrania
Bone structure of cranium
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
Congenital absence
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Broader (8)
Anencephalus and similar anomalies
Brain Diseases
Congenital anomaly of brain
Congenital disease of brain
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Narrower (6)
Aprosencephaly
Aprosencephaly and Cerebellar Dysgenesis
Microcephaly
Neural tube defect, folate-sensitive
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1985
1985
Lung growth and development in anencephaly and hydranencephaly.
Cooney Tp
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Thurlbeck Wm
1985
Corpus ID: 196343559
: Significant qualitative and quantitative differences were observed in the lungs of 4 of 6 infants with anencephaly and…
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1982
1982
An epidemiologic study of neural tube defects in Los Angeles County I. Prevalence at birth based on multiple sources of case ascertainment.
L. Sever
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M. F. Sanders
,
R. Monsen
Teratology
1982
Corpus ID: 37897796
Epidemiologic studies of the neural tube defects (NTDs), anencephalus and spina bifida, have for the most part been based on…
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1979
1979
Sib risk of neural tube defect: is prenatal diagnosis indicated in pregnancies following the birth of a hydrocephalic child?
Tirza Cohen
,
Ellen Stern
,
A. Rosenmann
Journal of Medical Genetics
1979
Corpus ID: 17557441
Recurrence frequencies of central nervous system malformations in sibs of probands with anencephalus or spina bifida range…
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1979
1979
Anencephalus, drinking water, geomagnetism and cosmic radiation.
V. Archer
American Journal of Epidemiology
1979
Corpus ID: 35256479
The mortality rates from anencephalus from 1950-1969 in Canadian cities are shown to be strongly correlated with city growth rate…
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Review
1976
Review
1976
Ultrasound in the evaluation of anencephaly.
Mary E. Cunningham
,
W. J. Walls
Radiology
1976
Corpus ID: 38292114
Three cases of anencephaly diagnosed in utero by ultrasound are presented and the ultrasound diagnostic criteria for anencephaly…
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Review
1973
Review
1973
Are potatoes teratogenic for experimental animals?
Chester A. Swinyard
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Shakuntala Chaube
Teratology
1973
Corpus ID: 41444272
This study was designed to test in experimental animals the hypothesis (Renwick, 1972) that human spina bifida and anencephalus…
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Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Anencephaly and spina bifida in the Province of Quebec.
I. Horowitz
,
A. D. McDonald
Canadian Medical Association journal
1969
Corpus ID: 33837954
TkEVELOPMENTAL defects of the neural ¦*-^ tube have been the subject of more epi¬ demiological studies than other congenital de…
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1964
1964
Anencephaly in Liverpool
R. Smithells
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E. R. Chinn
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D. Franklin
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
1964
Corpus ID: 10292004
The incidence of anencephaly in Liverpool in the 3‐year period 1960‐62 was 3.27 per 1,000 total births.
Review
1962
Review
1962
Anencephalus, hydrocephalus, and spina bifida. Epidemiology, with special reference to a survey in Charleston, S.C.
Milton Alter
Archives of Neurology
1962
Corpus ID: 26510857
Anencephalus, hydrocephalus, and spina bifida constitute a significant proportion of the more serious congenital malformations. A…
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1962
1962
A ten-year study of anencephaly.
G. Smilkstein
California medicine
1962
Corpus ID: 23205765
The incidence of anencephaly at the Los Angeles County General Hospital during the period of July, 1948 through June, 1958 was 0…
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