Spina bifida: A congenital condition which is characterized by the abnormal closure of the vertebral arch. See free access online books about Spina bifida below. See detailed information below for a list of 29 causes of Spina bifida, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Spina bifida (SB) is a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings) caused by the failure of the fetus's spine to close properly during the first month of pregnancy. Infants born with SB sometimes have an open lesion on their spine where significant damage to the nerves and spinal cord has occurred. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Spina Bifida Information Page: NINDS)
Spina bifida is a defect of the spinal column that occurs during the first 28 days of pregnancy. It can lead to serious disabilities, such as deformities in the knees or feet, paralysis in the feet and legs, incontinence, learning disabilities, and mental retardation. (Source: excerpt from Folic Acid: NWHIC)
Spina bifida (SB) is a neural tube defect (a disorder involving incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings) caused by the failure of the fetus's spine to close properly during the first month of pregnancy. Infants born with SB sometimes have an open lesion on their spine where significant damage to the nerves and spinal cord has occurred. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Spina Bifida Information Page: NINDS)
Spina bifida is a defect of the spinal column that occurs during the first 28 days of pregnancy. It can lead to serious disabilities, such as deformities in the knees or feet, paralysis in the feet and legs, incontinence, learning disabilities, and mental retardation. (Source: excerpt from Folic Acid: NWHIC)
Spina bifida: [MIM*182940] embryologic failure of fusion of one or more vertebral arches; subtypes of spina bifida are based on degree and pattern of malformation associated with neuroectoderm involvement. SYN: hydrocele spinalis, schistorrhachis.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Congenital defects of closure of one or more vertebral arches, which may be associated with malformations of the spinal cord, nerve roots, congenital fibrous bands, lipomas, and congenital cysts. These malformations range from mild (e.g., SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA) to severe, including rachischisis where there is complete failure of neural tube and spinal cord fusion, resulting in exposure of the spinal cord at the surface. Spinal dysraphism includes all forms of spina bifida. The open form is called SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA and the closed form is SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p34)
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A not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Developmental anomaly characterized by defective closure of the bony encasement of the spinal cord, through which the cord and meninges may protrude.
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Spina bifida is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Spina bifida, or a subtype of Spina bifida,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)
The list below shows some of the causes of Spina bifida mentioned in various sources:
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Spinal dysraphism
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Birth defects (303 causes), Spinal conditions, Pregnancy complications, Acropectorovertebral dysplasia, Aicardi syndrome, Anophthalmia plus syndrome, Caudal duplication, Chromosome 8 trisomy syndrome, Chromosome 8, Trisomy, Diphallus, Dysraphism, Emanuel syndrome
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