1. There is a separate group for Spina Bifida children.

2. She has spina bifida and related disabilities and gets around the classroom in a wheelchair that she is just learning to navigate.

3. Only 10% of children born with spina bifida are brain damaged.

4. Thus, the incidence of spina bifida decreased most dramatically when folic acid was not widely purchased.

5. Severe spina bifida was the first condition in which a policy of selective non-treatment was clearly enunciated.

6. Besides the age factor, spina bifida occulta has nothing to do with paruria.

7. This form of spina bifida rarely causes disability or symptoms.

8. This variation is greater in spina bifida patients due to inherent neuroanatomic abnormalities compared with spinal cord injury patients.

9. The top five birth defects were: spina bifida, anencephaly, congenital hydrocephaly, cleft lip with cleft palate, and encephalocele.

10. Diagnosis of spina bifida requires the systematic examination of each neural arch from the clerical to the sacral region both transversely and longitudinally.

11. Conditions such as muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and tetraplegia will fall under this classification.

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12. There are four types of spina bifida. They differ in severity and the tissue involved.

13. The large majority - around 60% - of cases in this group have spina bifida or spinal gaps.

14. Folate deficiency causes anaemia, but occasionally is associated with neural tube defects such as spina bifida.

15. In severe cases it gives rise to the condition known as spina bifida.

16. Hydrocephalus can now be treated by the use of a valve similar to that used for cases of spina bifida.

17. Felix and Gerald, whom he recognises from his special school, have spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

18. The product range includes equipment for medical uses: eg a vehicle for children with spina bifida and portable kidney machines.

19. Results The blood supply of superior trapezius and scapular ridge are superficial of transverse cervical artery cervical artery ascending ramus and spina scapulae branch.

20. Results There are 96 neural malformation with more common hydrocephalus, anencephaly, exencephaly and spina bifida in all malformations of 359 cases, hvaccounting for 26.7%.

21. Folic acid, a type of vitamin B, has been shown to reduce neural tube birth defects, such as spina bifida or anencephaly.

22. Women with BMIs of 30 or greater were 60 percent more likely to have a child with anencephaly and 40 percent more likely to have a baby with spina bifida than their slimmer peers.

23. The concentrations of the free amino acids in the amniotic fluid of the anencephaly fetus were raised markedly whilst those of the spina bifida fetus were lower than normal.

24. Closed neural tube defects make up the second type of spina bifida.

25. For example, children of Vietnam War veterans exposed to the herbicide agent orange have an increased risk for spina bifida due to epigenetic changes.

26. Based on the findings on this sonogram, there will almost certainly be a spina bifida present.

27. Open lesion occur in early stage and are called spina bifida aperta or myelomeningocele.

28. Xiao reported an 87% success rate for regaining bladder control after lumbar to sacral nerve rerouting in spina bifida children in China [1].

29. The urodynamic and X - ray results of 31 cases of spina bifida of the sacrum were analyzed.

30. Lipomyelomeningocele is an uncommon congenital anomaly, resulting from outpouching of spinal cord and its surrounding leptomeninges through the bony defect of spina bifida.

31. But babies born to mothers who said that they had gained weight around their waists rather than their hips were 2.4 times as likely to have anencephaly and at 1.8 fold greater risk of spina bifida.

32. Objective To investigate the main features and experiences of surgical treatment of congenital spina bifida.

33. Daily supplementation with folic acid for 1 month prior to conception and during pregnancy may reduce the incidence of neural tube defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly in the child.

34. There are two test options available between the 15th and 18th weeks to screen for chromosomal abnormalities and neural tube defects such as Down’s syndrome and spina bifida.

35. Lumbar to sacral nerve rerouting can improve bladder and bowel function in patients with neurogenic bladder associated with spina bifida.

36. Objective : To investigate the therapeutic of avulsion fractures of spina iliac.

37. The most common neural tube defects are spina bifida, in which the spin al cord fails to close completely during fetal development, and anencephaly, in which part or all of the brain doesn't develop.

38. Results 99 fetuses were obtained from the treated rats in the experimental group. Among the 99 fetuses, 48.3% (48/99)had major spina bifida and myelodysplasia.

39. Folic acid helps prevent neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida.

40. Deficiencies can lead to defects like spina bifida, where part of the spine grows outside the body, and anencephaly, a fatal condition in which much of the brain fails to develop.

41. Who is at Risk for having a Baby with Spina Bifida?

42. Spinal fusion does not improve QOL in spina bifida (Grade C recommendation).

43. S . under the brand name Depakote, had previously been linked to birth defects, particularly spina bifida.

44. Moreover, the ratio of threonine and serine to isoleucine, leucine and valine in the amniotic fluid of spina bifida fetus is higher than normal.

45. Urinary incontinence in spina bifida patients might be related to detrusor hyperreflexia, to sphincter areflexia, or to both conditions.

46. Results There are 96 neural malformation with more common hydrocephalus anencephaly exencephaly and spina bifida in all malformations of 359 cases accounting for 26.7%.

47. The highest of neural tube defects is spina bifida, then is anencephaly encephalocele, and so on.

48. The pilot data was supportive of Dr. Xiao's procedure, and now an NIH sponsored clinical trial is being conducted to further study lumbar to sacral nerve rerouting in spina bifida patients.

49. Diphallia is usually accompanied by other congenital abnormalities like spina bifida.

50. This operation is intended to restore bladder function to people with spina bifida, a congenital defect that causes nerve damage and a loss of sensation and muscle function below the waist.

51. It has been conjectured that she also suffered from spina bifida, a congenital disease that could have affected both spinal and leg development.

52. During defecatory maneuvers , 19 spina bifida patients ( 90.5 % ) exhibited pelvic floor dysfunction.