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Anencephaly.
Anencephaly is an open neural tube [5] defect, meaning that part of the neural tube [5] does not properly close or that it has reopened during early embryogenesis [6]. An embryo with anencephaly develops without the top of the skull, but retains a partial skull, including the face. Anencephaly is one of the most common birth defects [7] of the neural tube [5], occurring at a rate of approximate...
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A paper published in 1925 reported that human fetuses with anencephaly have arms that are longer than normal. This finding was accepted as true through the early 1990s. An analysis of body dimensions done in 1996 and enlarged and updated here shows that the arms of human fetuses with anencephaly are appropriate for gestational age and normal in proportion to their leg lengths. A subtle differen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2279-0861,2279-0853
DOI: 10.9790/0853-1221215