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Neural Tube Defects

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Congenital malformations of the central nervous system and adjacent structures related to defective neural tube closure during the first trimester of pregnancy generally occurring between days 18-29 of gestation. Ectodermal and mesodermal malformations (mainly involving the skull and vertebrae) may occur as a result of defects of neural tube closure.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.5333, 1946-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.5333
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, drawing and correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 16 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; and diastematomyelia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 1)

PR2.17145, 1956-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17145
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, drawings and correspondence relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 0 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: spina bifida; spastic paresis; and diastemomyelia. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)