IT has been reported that the prevalence rate of anencephaly and spina bifida is very high in Ireland 1,2 and very low in the Jewish population of the United States. 3 These observations prompted ...

fetal anomalies such as anencephaly, Trisomy 13, Trisomy 18 and renal agenesis are almost universally fatal outside the womb, Bartz said, and sometimes fetuses suffer from multiple, less severe ...

The spine, skull, and brain can be affected, with open or closed abnormalities. Two of the most common types of NTDs are spina bifida and anencephaly. Spina bifida is a condition in which a portion of ...