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Oral presentationTo study the epidemiology of spina bifida at our centre in IndiaSangram Singh  and Vigya Chourishi Pediatric Surgery Department, Shri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences, Indore, [M.P.], 452016, India  author email corresponding author email
from 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Belfast, UK. 24-27 June 2009 Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009,
6(Suppl 2):S3doi:10.1186/1743-8454-6-S2-S3
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The human nervous system develops from a small, specialized plate of cells along the back of an embryo. Early in development, the edges of this plate begin to curl towards each other, creating the neural tube - a narrow sheath that closes to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo. As development progresses, the top of the tube becomes the brain and remainder becomes the spinal cord. This process usually completes by 28th day of pregnancy. But, if problem occurs during this process, the result can be brain disorders called neural tube defects, including spina bifida. Spina bifida, which literally means "cleft spine", is characterized by the complete development of the brain, spinal cord and/or meninges (the protective covering around the brain and spinal cord). | 
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