"Anencephaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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, 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)
| Descriptor ID |
D000757
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.500.680.196 C16.131.085.197 C16.131.666.680.196
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| Concept/Terms |
Anencephaly- Anencephaly
- Congenital Absence of Brain
- Brain Congenital Absence
- Anencephalus
- Absence of Brain, Congenital
- Anencephalia
- Anencephalias
Incomplete Anencephaly- Incomplete Anencephaly
- Anencephaly, Incomplete
- Partial Anencephaly
- Anencephalies, Partial
- Anencephaly, Partial
- Partial Anencephalies
- Hemicranial Anencephaly
- Anencephaly, Hemicranial
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anencephaly" by people in Profiles.
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Neural tube defects: Prevalence, mortality, and maternal characteristics in two departmental hospitals in the northwestern region of Nicaragua, 2006-2018. Birth Defects Res. 2023 05 15; 115(9):945-953.
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Overview on neural tube defects: From development to physical characteristics. Birth Defects Res. 2019 11 15; 111(19):1455-1467.
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Genetic and functional analysis of SHROOM1-4 in a Chinese neural tube defect cohort. Hum Genet. 2018 Mar; 137(3):195-202.
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Levels of folate receptor autoantibodies in maternal and cord blood and risk of neural tube defects in a Chinese population. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2016 Aug; 106(8):685-95.
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Proportion of neural tube defects attributable to known risk factors. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Jan; 97(1):42-6.
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A comparison of two surveillance strategies for selected birth defects in Florida. Public Health Rep. 2012 Jul-Aug; 127(4):391-400.
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Working towards a risk prediction model for neural tube defects. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2012 Mar; 94(3):141-6.
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Postnatal in-vivo MRI findings in anencephaly. Neuropediatrics. 2010 Dec; 41(6):264-6.
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Polytomous logistic regression as a tool for exploring heterogeneity across birth defect subtypes: an example using anencephaly and spina bifida. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2010 Aug; 88(8):701-5.
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A screen for mutations in human homologues of mice exencephaly genes Tfap2alpha and Msx2 in patients with neural tube defects. Teratology. 2001 May; 63(5):167-75.