"Spina Bifida Cystica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of spinal dysraphism associated with a protruding cyst made up of either meninges (i.e., a MENINGOCELE) or meninges in combination with spinal cord tissue (i.e., a MENINGOMYELOCELE). These lesions are frequently associated with spinal cord dysfunction, HYDROCEPHALUS, and SYRINGOMYELIA. (From Davis et al., Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp224-5)
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D016137
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.500.680.800.730 C16.131.666.680.800.730
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spina Bifida Cystica" by people in Profiles.
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Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) during minimally invasive fetoscopic interventions on fetuses with spina bifida aperta. Surg Endosc. 2018 07; 32(7):3138-3148.
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Plymouth mother is first UK woman to have prenatal repair of open spina bifida funded by NHS. BMJ. 2014 Nov 16; 349:g6875.