Doctors typically should be able to diagnose spina
bifida early on given that neural tube defects tend to occur by 28 weeks into the pregnancy.
Not exact matches
Incidence and recurrence of Neural Tube Defects (serious birth defects of the spinal cord and the brain which arise during the
early development of the embryo, most common being spina
bifida)
Spina
bifida, a congenital disorder affecting the spine of the fetus, can come from a lack of the mother having enough folic acid in very
early pregnancy.
From his agonizing bout with spina
bifida to his unfaithful marriage to his spiraling addiction to drugs and alcohol, Abraham covers the singer's darkest days, which culminated with his death at the
early age of 29 in 1953.
They were suffering from the debilitating symptoms of spina
bifida, an inherited condition involving incomplete closure of the spinal column during
early development.
Since NBTs with severe defects (hindquarter paralysis, spina
bifida and other closure defects of the lower spine and groin) are euthanized very
early in life we did not expect to find any affected individuals among the dogs submitted to the survey.