scholarly journals Mouse mutants with neural tube closure defects and their role in understanding human neural tube defects

2007 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muriel J. Harris ◽  
Diana M. Juriloff
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Neural Tube Defects ◽  
Neural Tube Closure ◽  
Mouse Mutants ◽  
Tube Closure ◽  
Neural Tube Closure Defects

Neural Tube Defects: Prevention by Vitamin Supplements

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 498-499
Author(s):  
R. W. Smithells
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Neural Tube Defects ◽  
Birth Defect ◽  
Epidemiologic Study ◽  
Neural Tube Closure ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Vitamin Supplements ◽  
Tube Closure

Neural tube defects (NTD) have been the object of more intense epidemiologic study than any other kind of birth defect. This is in part because of their ready recognition at birth (and, in recent years, before birth) and in part because their consequences are usually catastrophic: they kill or they cripple. Regarding their cause, no single genetic or environmental agent has been identified (or is likely to be) and a multifactorial basis is assumed. If failure of neural tube closure results from the additive effects of several adverse factors, removal or correction of any one might shift the developmental balance across the threshold from NTD to normality.

Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) In And Around Varanasi Region: Some Observations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaibhav Pandey ◽  
Surendra Kumar Pandey ◽  
Praveen Kumar Tiwari ◽  
Pragati Shakya ◽  
Shashank Shekhar Jha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Neural Tube Defects ◽  
Birth Defect ◽  
Neural Tube Closure ◽  
The World ◽  
Typical Type ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
One Year ◽  
Congenital Disabilities ◽  
Tube Closure

Abstract Congenital anomalies are one of the primary causes of infant mortality and disability in the world. Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) are the most typical type of birth defect resulting from the failure of Neural tube closure. In this retrospective hospital-based study, the data of the children affected byneural tube defects (NTDs) were analyzed. Prevalence of Hydrocephalous, Myelomeningocele (MMC), Encephalocele, Lipo MMC, Meningocele, Spina Bifida Occulta among children with more or less than one year of age and their occurrence in males and females was studied. The frequency of occurrence of cases of neural tube defects was significantly less among all the congenital disabilities, i.e., 5% of total cases studied. The prevalence of myelomeningocele, hydrocephalous, and Encephalocele was higher than other types of NTDs. This study concludes that the prevalence of hydrocephalous and myelomeningocele in this area raises a concern to have more research of their etiology.

DESMOPRESSIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL BEDWETTING IN PATIENTS WITH NEURAL TUBE CLOSURE DEFECTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4) ◽  
pp. 1656-1658 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. DEL GADO ◽  
G. ACETO ◽  
D. DEL GAIZO ◽  
G. DEL GADO ◽  
G. POLIDORI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Tube ◽  
Neural Tube Closure ◽  
Tube Closure ◽  
Neural Tube Closure Defects
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