meningomyelocele

Surgery is recommended if a meningocele or meningomyelocele is present.

The neurological defect in question, meningomyelocele, has since declined in incidence.

Parents of children with meningomyelocele - and, as they grew older, those affected themselves - became vocal spokesmen for the value of life.

Meningomyelocele referred to a protrusion of the spinal cord through the protective vertebrae of the back.

Meningomyelocele (a spinal defect)

Children with meningomyelocele at Johns Hopkins usually underwent immediate surgical repair of their backs, followed by dozens of subsequent procedures.

Today, the use of folic acid in pregnancy and the availability of abortions have made meningomyelocele rare, affecting fewer than 1 out of 1,000 live children.

Cidofovir is embryotoxic and teratogenic (i.e., meningomyelocele and skeletal abnormalities) among rats and rabbits.

Congenital anomalies of the nervous system include neural tube defects such as spina bifida, meningocele, meningomyelocele, encephalocele and anencephaly.

Dr. Lorber was a renowned pediatrician at Sheffield Hospital in England, which had pioneered many of the advances in treating meningomyelocele.

Baby Jane Doe was born on October 11, 1983, in New York City, with an open spinal column, (meningomyelocele), hydrocephaly and microcephaly.

FAS has also been linked to brainstem and cerebellar changes, agenesis of the corpus callosum and anterior commissure, neuronal migration errors, absent olfactory bulbs, meningomyelocele, and porencephaly.

Then, from their stretchers, the girls, who both have meningomyelocele - an abnormality of the spinal canal - washed off the radishes in a plastic tub and saved them for later use in a cooking program.