title: Gender and associated skeletal abnormalities in fetuses with neural tube defects.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the association between gender and skeletal defects in fetuses with NTDs.
  
  
  METHODS
  150 NTD fetuses have been examined in three years' course (01.2006-01.2009) in the Clinic of Fetopathology at the Center for Maternity and Neonatology, Tunis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common gender associated anomalies for males are cleft palate, anomalies in the form and attachment of the outer ear and the agenesis of corpus callosum. For women, they are distortions of the spine and "frog" face.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proven associations in the study are important indicators in the purposeful search for NTDs in early prenatal ultrasound diagnosis.
authors: Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. tanyakitova@yahoo.com
authors: Tanya Todorova
authors: TT
authors: Kitova
authors: Emilia
authors: E
authors: Karaslavova
authors: Soumeya Siala
authors: SS
authors: Gaigi
mesh_terms: D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal