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spina bifida
Combined malformation of vertebral column & spinal cord.
Classification:
- type 1: spina bifida occulta
- type 2: spina bifida cystica with meningocele
- type 3: spina bifida cystica with myelomeningocele
- type 4: rachischisis
Specific
meningomyelocele
rachischisis
spina bifida cystica
spina bifida occulta
General
spinal cord malformation; myelatelia
Database Correlations
OMIM 182940
References
- Friede. Developmental Neuropathology 2nd ed.
Springer-Verlag 1989 p.248
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Spina Bifida
https://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/spinabifida