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Understanding Anencephaly: Causes & Prognosis by Charles Ippolito is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Anencephaly is a serious birth defect where a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. It results from the failure of the neural tube to fully close during early embryonic development, leaving the brain and skull incompletely formed. Babies with anencephaly are blind, deaf, unaware of their surroundings and unable to feel pain. There is no cure or standard treatment, and most infants with anencephaly do not survive beyond a few hours or days after birth due to cardiorespiratory failure. Risk facto
- Author
- Charles Ippolito
- Language
- EN