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THE CHILD WITH AN ENCEPHALOCELE
Author(s) -
Field Barbara
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93256.x
Subject(s) - encephalocele , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , medicine , psychology , developmental psychology , surgery , physics , optics
The incidence of encephalocele for New South Wales for the years 1965–1972 is presented. A clinical classification of these abnormalities is put forward, and a series of 105 cases analysed. The occurrence of other abnormalities and the risk of recurrence in siblings is emphasized, and the social consequences of the birth of a severely mentally and physically handicapped child in the family and the community are examined.