neural tube defects
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neural tube defects
See SPINA BIFIDA and ANENCEPHALY. See also FOLIC ACID.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Neural tube defects
A group of birth defects that affect the backbone and sometimes the spinal chord.
Mentioned in: Birth Defects
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