| 1. | Anencephaly is shown to occur approximately twice as frequently in females.
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| 2. | Some genetic research has been conducted to determine the causes of anencephaly.
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| 3. | Roughly half of these children die immediately from anencephaly.
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| 4. | The clinical spectrum of the disorder includes encephalocele, craniorachischisis, and anencephaly.
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| 5. | *I think you're thinking of anencephaly.
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| 6. | A baby with anencephaly does not develop a brain and dies shortly after birth.
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| 7. | Another type, anencephaly, results in babies who are missing most of the brain.
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| 8. | Anencephaly is a fatal condition in which the brain never completely develops or is absent.
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| 9. | While anencephaly experiences a partial to total lack of the neurocranium, iniencephaly does not.
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| 10. | Cervical vertebrae are malformed and reduced in iniencephaly while they are almost normal in anencephaly.
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