Preferred Name | Anencephaly | |
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Embryonic anencephaly Foetal anencephaly Fetal anencephaly |
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Definitions |
Anencephaly is a developmental anomaly characterized by a fetus that has no calvarium, with a lack of most or all of the fetus' brain tissue. Anencephaly belongs to a collective group known as neural tube defects (NTD) and is a result of the neural tube failing to close in its rostral end during fetal development. See Figure 3 of PMID:32706613. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002323 |
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comment |
See Figure 3 of PMID:32706613. |
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database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0002902 SNOMEDCT_US:89369001 MSH:D000757 Fyler:4332 |
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definition |
Anencephaly is a developmental anomaly characterized by a fetus that has no calvarium, with a lack of most or all of the fetus' brain tissue. Anencephaly belongs to a collective group known as neural tube defects (NTD) and is a result of the neural tube failing to close in its rostral end during fetal development. |
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equivalentClass | ||
has exact synonym |
Embryonic anencephaly Foetal anencephaly Fetal anencephaly |
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HP:0002323 |
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label |
Anencephaly |
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notation |
HP:0002323 |
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prefLabel |
Anencephaly |
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subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0034237 |