Anencephaly
Anencephaly: Introduction
Anencephaly:
Anencephaly is
a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the
brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings). The ... more about Anencephaly.
Anencephaly: A birth defect where most or all of the brain is missing - most die before birth. Usually the associated portions of skull and other tissue are also missing.
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causes, and treatments of Anencephaly is available below.
Symptoms of Anencephaly
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symptoms of Anencephaly
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Anencephaly: Deaths
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Anencephaly: Complications
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Anencephaly: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Anencephaly
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course,...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked....read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children.
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Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency
is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see symptoms of multiple sclerosis).
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Prognosis for Anencephaly
Prognosis for Anencephaly:
Poor. Newborn usually dies within days.
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Reseach about Anencephaly
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Clinical Trials for Anencephaly
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Anencephaly include:
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Prevention of Anencephaly
Prevention information for Anencephaly has been compiled from various data sources
and may be inaccurate or incomplete.
None of these methods guarantee prevention of Anencephaly.
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Statistics for Anencephaly
Anencephaly: Broader Related Topics
Types of Anencephaly
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Article Excerpts about Anencephaly
NINDS Anencephaly Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)
Anencephaly is
a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the
brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings). The neural tube is
a narrow sheath that folds and closes between the 3rd and 4th weeks of
pregnancy to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Anencephaly Information Page: NINDS)
Folic Acid: NWHIC (Excerpt)
Babies with anencephaly do not
develop a brain or only develop a partial brain. These babies die either
before birth or shortly afterwards. (Source: excerpt from Folic Acid: NWHIC)
Definitions of Anencephaly:
A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural structures above this level. The skull is only partially formed but the eyes are usually normal. This condition may be associated with folate deficiency. Affected infants are only capable of primitive (brain stem) reflexes and usually do not survive for more than two weeks. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p247)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Anencephaly is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Anencephaly, or a subtype of Anencephaly,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Anencephaly as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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