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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Anencephaly

Catalogue

Anencephaly / by J.F. Knott.

Description of anencephalian monster / by R. Uvedale West.

Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Nervensystems und der Netzhaut bei Anencephalie und Amyelie / von Karl Petrén und Gustaf Petrén.

Brain dead, brain absent, brain donors : human subjects or human objects? / Peter McCullagh.

Epidemiology of anencephalus and spina bifida / J. Mark Elwood and J. Harold Elwood.