A newborn baby with anencephaly showing the brain protruding through the skull from three views
Anencephaly is the absence of a large part of the brain and the skull. Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby. It results when the upper part of the neural tube fails to close.
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Keywords: acid, amniocentesis, anatomy, anencepahly, birth, brain, child, defect, folic, human, infant, mortality, neural, polyhydramnios, pregnancy, reproduction, skull, tube, ultrasound
