| Descriptor English: | Anencephaly | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Anencefalia
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Anencefalia | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Anencéphalie | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Absence of Brain, Congenital Anencephalia Anencephalias Anencephalies, Partial Anencephalus Anencephaly, Hemicranial Anencephaly, Incomplete Anencephaly, Partial Aprosencephalies Aprosencephaly Brain Congenital Absence Congenital Absence of Brain Hemicranial Anencephaly Incomplete Anencephaly Partial Anencephalies Partial Anencephaly |
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| Tree number(s): |
C10.500.680.196 C16.131.085.197 C16.131.666.680.196 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000757 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural structures above this level. The skull is only partially formed but the eyes are usually normal. This condition may be associated with folate deficiency. Affected infants are only capable of primitive (brain stem) reflexes and usually do not survive for more than two weeks. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p247) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 79; was ANENCEPHALUS 1966-78 |
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| Online Note: | use ANENCEPHALY to search ANENCEPHALUS 1966-78 |
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| History Note: | 79; was ANENCEPHALUS 1964-78 (Prov 1964-65) |
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| Related: |
alpha-Fetoproteins
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| DeCS ID: | 770 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000757 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WL 101 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2013/07/08 |
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Anencephaly
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Incomplete Anencephaly
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Aprosencephaly
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| Concept UI |
M0001142 |
| Scope note | A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural structures above this level. The skull is only partially formed but the eyes are usually normal. This condition may be associated with folate deficiency. Affected infants are only capable of primitive (brain stem) reflexes and usually do not survive for more than two weeks. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p247) |
| Preferred term | Anencephaly |
| Entry term(s) |
Absence of Brain, Congenital Anencephalia Anencephalias Anencephalus Brain Congenital Absence Congenital Absence of Brain |
| Concept UI |
M0336992 |
| Preferred term | Incomplete Anencephaly |
| Entry term(s) |
Anencephalies, Partial Anencephaly, Hemicranial Anencephaly, Incomplete Anencephaly, Partial Hemicranial Anencephaly Partial Anencephalies Partial Anencephaly |
| Concept UI |
M0336990 |
| Preferred term | Aprosencephaly |
| Entry term(s) |
Aprosencephalies |
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