Biomaterial Database

Anencephaly in one twin; a case report. 1959

M M THOMPSON

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009008	Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid	Marked developmental anomalies of a fetus or infant.	Abnormality, Severe Teratoid,Severe Teratoid Abnormalities,Severe Teratoid Abnormality,Teratoid Abnormalities, Severe,Teratoid Abnormality, Severe
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000757	Anencephaly	A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack formation of neural structures above this level. The skull is only partially formed but the eyes are usually normal. This condition may be associated with folate deficiency. Affected infants are only capable of primitive (brain stem) reflexes and usually do not survive for more than two weeks. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p247)	Aprosencephaly,Absence of Brain, Congenital,Anencephalia,Anencephalus,Congenital Absence of Brain,Hemicranial Anencephaly,Incomplete Anencephaly,Partial Anencephaly,Anencephalias,Anencephalies, Partial,Anencephaly, Hemicranial,Anencephaly, Incomplete,Anencephaly, Partial,Aprosencephalies,Brain Congenital Absence,Partial Anencephalies
D014427	Twins	Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC).	Twin