title: Abnormal skull findings in neural tube defects.
abstract: The human neural tube develops and closes during the third and fourth week after conception and is normally completed by 28 days post-conception. Malformations, knows as neural tube defects, occure, when the normal closure process fails. Several clinical types of neural tube defects are recognized, anencefaly and spina bifida being the most common. Such malformations are generally associated with cranial abnormlities.
authors.affiliation: Operative Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Policlinico Universitario "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Imbruglia
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cacciatore
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carrara
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Recupero
authors.forename: Tindara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: La Galia
authors.forename: Elisa Maria
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pappalardo
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiara Accardi
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pedata
authors.forename: Giusi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mammaro