Spina bifida, or meningomyelocele, occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly during early pregnancy. Most often identified during prenatal ultrasound, the condition can lead to ...

He explained that spina bifida, also known as meningomyelocele, affects one in every 3,000 newborns ... The team began looking for 22q11.2del in spinal bifida patients. "All patients we recruited ...

Spina bifida, or meningomyelocele, occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly during early pregnancy. Most often identified during prenatal ultrasound, the condition can lead to ...

Scientists make a significant breakthrough in understanding the genetic causes of spina bifida, a serious birth defect ...

Spina bifida, usually apparent at birth, is a type of neural tube defect in which the neural tube does not completely close during development in the womb resulting in damage to the spinal cord and ...

Spina bifida, also known as myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive ...

When the spine or spinal cord do not form properly during human development, a disorder called spina bifida, or meningomyelocele arises. People born with this condition can have very different ...

A new study looked at Massachusetts to get a better handle on how well states are screening newborns for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an often deadly genetic condition in this very vulnerable ...

On Friday, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) published an activity update on spinal surgery for children with scoliosis and spina bifida, showing 123 surgeries were carried out in the first three ...

In severe cases, a spinal meningocele may occur ... the incidence of spina bifida is as high as 1 in every 3,000 newborns. Professor Kim noted, "It can be considered a relatively common disease ...

For Berry, that's especially true. Berry was born with spina bifida, which occurs when a spinal column doesn’t close properly in utero. A neurological condition requiring lifelong care ...