Journal of Clinical Pediatrics ›› 2025, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 81-92.doi: 10.12372/jcp.2025.24e0672
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Birth Defects Prevention and Molecular Genetics Branch of the China Maternal and Child Health Association, Pediatric Genetics Group of the Medical Genetics Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Neurogenetic and Developmental Disorders Section of the China Chapter of the International Neurorestoration Society
Received:2024-07-02
Accepted:2024-12-16
Published:2025-02-15
Online:2025-02-12
Birth Defects Prevention and Molecular Genetics Branch of the China Maternal and Child Health Association, Pediatric Genetics Group of the Medical Genetics Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Neurogenetic and Developmental Disorders Section of the China Chapter of the International Neurorestoration Society. Multidisciplinary expert consensus on the prevention, screening, diagnosis, counseling and intervention of neural tube defects[J].Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2025, 43(2): 81-92.
Figure 1
Key steps and recommendations for the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of NTDs"
Figure 2
Complete anencephaly in an 18-week fetus"
Figure 3
Partial anencephaly at 12 weeks and 5 days of gestation"
Figure 4
Exencephaly in one of twins at 32 weeks of gestation"
Figure 5
Exencephaly in a fetus at 11 weeks and 4 days of gestation"
Figure 6
Large occipital encephalocele in a 23-week fetus"
Figure 7
Open spina bifida (myeloschisis) in a 23-week fetus"
Figure 8
Closed spina bifida (meningocele) in a 23-week fetus"
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