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Spina Bifida

Background

Spina bifida is a neural tube defect and is a developmental anomaly which occurs very early in pregnancy. The neural tube develops to form the spinal cord, brain and spine. When spina bifida occurs, the tube is split and one or more vertebrae (small bones of the back) fail to form properly, thus leaving a gap.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr JE Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last reviewed July 2007 by Mr IK Pople, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.

 

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