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Neural tube defect
rareA congenital defect characterized by failure of the neural tube to close completely; this results in the presence of openings in the brain or spinal cord. Examples of neural tube defects include encephalocele and spina bifida.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0018075 Orphanet:3388
- Also known as
- NTD · spinal dysraphism
Subtypes
Disease Rare Not rare Subtypes
- Diastematomyelia MONDO:0009106 3
- Parietal foramina MONDO:0018953 3
- Iniencephaly MONDO:0018968 2
- Chiari malformation type I MONDO:0007316
- Caudal regression sequence MONDO:0017607
- Isolated amyelia MONDO:0017088
- Lateral meningocele syndrome MONDO:0007537 NOTCH3
- Leptomyelolipoma MONDO:0017084
- Lipomyelomeningocele MONDO:0012296
- Neurenteric cyst MONDO:0017087
- Primary tethered cord syndrome MONDO:0017086
- Sacral agenesis-abnormal ossification of the vertebral bodies-persistent notochordal canal syndrome MONDO:0014314 TBXT
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