RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Tricia Lacy
A1 Eyal, Fabien G.
A1 Bany-Mohammed, Fayez
SR Print(0)
ID 1168358073
T1 Neural Tube Defects
T2 Gomella's Neonatology: Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases, and Drugs, 8e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644818
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1168358073
RD 2024/04/16
AB Neural  tube  defects  (NTDs)  are  malformations  of  the  developing  brain  and  spinal  cord.  In  normal  development,  the  closure  of  the  neural  tube  occurs  over  a  4-  to  6-day  period  with  completion  around  the  29th  day  postconception,  often  before  a  woman  has  realized  that  she  is  pregnant.  Most  current  hypotheses  consider  NTDs  to  be  defects  from  failure  of  a  neural  tube  closure  rather  than  the  reopening  of  a  previously  closed  tube.  The  nomenclature  for  NTDs  is  not  standardized;  frequently  used  terms  are  as  follows: