Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder resulting from a neural tube defect, occurring when the head end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the twenty-third and twenty-sixth day after conception. Children born with the disorder usually lack the telencephalon, the largest part of the brain, and with very few exceptions do not survive longer than a few hours or days after birth.
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ICD-10 ChapterXVII: Congenital Malformations, Deformations and Chromosomal Abnormalities 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Sources
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Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
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Genetic disorders are caused by errors in genetic information that produce diseases in the affected people.
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Genetic disorders are caused by errors in genetic information that produce diseases in the affected people.
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Anencephaly is the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp that occurs during embryonic development. It is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, u
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