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Neural tube defect(NTD)

MedGen UID:
18009
Concept ID:
C0027794
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Neural tube defects; NTD
SNOMED CT: Neural tube defect (253098009); NTD - Neural tube defect (253098009)
 
Genes (locations): CCL2 (17q12); FUZ (19q13.33); TBXT (6q27); VANGL1 (1p13.1); VANGL2 (1q23.2)
 
HPO: HP:0045005
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0018075
Orphanet: ORPHA3388

Definition

A neural tube defect arises when the neural tube, the embryonic precursor of the brain and spinal cord, fails to close during neurulation. The cranial region (anencephaly) or the low spine (open spina bifida; myelomeningocele) are most commonly affected although, in the severe NTD craniorachischisis, almost the entire neural tube remains open, from midbrain to low spine. [from HPO]

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Conditions with this feature

Anophthalmia plus syndrome
MedGen UID:
322166
Concept ID:
C1833339
Disease or Syndrome
A very rare multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with characteristics of anophthalmia or severe microphthalmia, cleft lip/palate, facial cleft and sacral neural tube defects, along with various additional anomalies including congenital glaucoma, iris coloboma, primary hyperplastic vitreous, hypertelorism, low-set ears, clinodactyly, choanal atresia/stenosis, dysgenesis of sacrum, tethering of spinal cord, syringomyelia, hypoplasia of corpus callosum, cerebral ventriculomegaly and endocrine abnormalities. An autosomal recessive inheritance has been suggested.
Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type a, 10
MedGen UID:
767295
Concept ID:
C3554381
Disease or Syndrome
Congenital muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy with brain and eye anomalies (type A) is an autosomal recessive disorder with characteristic brain and eye malformations, profound mental retardation, congenital muscular dystrophy, and death usually in the first years of life. The brain shows cobblestone lissencephaly, a cortical malformation. The phenotype includes the alternative clinical designations Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) and muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB). The disorder represents the most severe end of a phenotypic spectrum of similar disorders resulting from defective glycosylation of alpha-dystroglycan (DAG1; 128239), collectively known as 'dystroglycanopathies' (summary by Vuillaumier-Barrot et al., 2012). For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy type A, see MDDGA1 (236670).
Blepharocheilodontic syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
1632198
Concept ID:
C4551988
Disease or Syndrome
The blepharocheilodontic syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by lower eyelid ectropion, upper eyelid distichiasis, euryblepharon, bilateral cleft lip and palate, and conical teeth. An additional rare manifestation is imperforate anus (summary by Weaver et al., 2010).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Wilson RD, O'Connor DL
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Mandel AM
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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Neonatal Netw 2021 Aug 1;40(5):313-320. doi: 10.1891/11-T-704. PMID: 34518383
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Diagnosis

Fons K, Jnah AJ
Neonatal Netw 2021 Aug 1;40(5):313-320. doi: 10.1891/11-T-704. PMID: 34518383
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Mandel AM
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Trudell AS, Odibo AO
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Therapy

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Prognosis

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Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

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