title: A rare neural tube defect: a report of eight cases in Pakistan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haider
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jafarey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology