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anencephaly
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anencephaly [‚an‚en′sef·ə·lē]
(medicine)
A neural tube defect resulting in gross underdevelopment of the brain in fetal life.


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They were "hole-in-the-heart" defects, cleft palate, and anencephalus - a condition that causes much of the brain, skull and scalp to be missing at birth.
Cases (infants or fetuses) had a diagnosis of anencephalus [International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) (Medicode, Inc.
Six major CNS defects were reported: one case of spina bifida, two anencephalus cases, two hydrocephalus cases, and one case of multiple congenital anomalies.
 
 
 
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