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Anencephaly

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Anencephaly is a developmental anomaly characterized by a fetus that has no calvarium, with a lack of most or all of the fetus' brain tissue. Anencephaly belongs to a collective group known as neural tube defects (NTD) and is a result of the neural tube failing to close in its rostral end during fetal development. [ PMID:31424828 PMID:32706613 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MSH:D000757
  • UMLS:C0002902
  • SNOMEDCT_US:89369001
  • Fyler:4332
comment

See Figure 3 of PMID:32706613.

definition

Anencephaly is a developmental anomaly characterized by a fetus that has no calvarium, with a lack of most or all of the fetus' brain tissue. Anencephaly belongs to a collective group known as neural tube defects (NTD) and is a result of the neural tube failing to close in its rostral end during fetal development.

has exact synonym

Embryonic anencephaly, Fetal anencephaly, Foetal anencephaly

id

HP:0002323