NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS

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neural tube defects
Akanksha Saxena
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NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS
  1. ANTERIOR NEUROPORE
    1. LEADS TO - ANENCEPHALY
      1. NON CLOSURE OF THE CRANIAL NEUROPORE
        1. SYMPTOMS - polyhydramnios , SMALL , exposed , undeveloped brain , skull cap is missing
    2. POSTERIOR NEUROPORE
      1. LEADS TO - RACHIS CHISIS , SPINA BIFIDA
        1. RACHIS CHISIS
          1. SYMPTOMS - SPINA BIFIDA , LEAKING CSF , OPEN SPINAL CORD , OPEN SKIN
        2. BOTH ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR NEUROPORE DEFECT - CRANIO- RACHIS CHISIS
          1. CAN BE PREVENTED BY DAILY ADMINISTERATION OF FOLIC ACID PARENTERALLY
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