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A Rare Neural Tube Defect: A Report of Eight Cases in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Haider Parveen,
Jafarey Sadiqua
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1991.tb00268.x
Subject(s) - neural tube , obstetrics and gynaecology , medicine , neural tube defect , pediatrics , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , embryo , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Iniencephaly is a rare congenital malformation of central nervous system and axial skeleton. Eight cases were seen in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Post‐Graduate Medical Centre over a 12 month period constituting 0.1% of all deliveries conducted, the estimated frequency being 1: 850 deliveries. The purpose of this paper is to describe our cases and to report several considerations which might influence the antenatal diagnosis of this rare anomaly.