Anencephalia ✰ <EXCLUSIVE>

: Offers a technical look at symptoms and terminology, such as differentiating between meroanencephaly and holoanencephaly .

: Ideal for seeing how the condition is diagnosed via ultrasound, often identified by the "frog-eye sign". Embryology, Anencephaly - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - NIH anencephalia

: Provides detailed explanations of causes, signs, and the importance of folic acid for prevention. : Offers a technical look at symptoms and

: A clear, accessible overview of the condition, including estimated prevalence and a description of how neural tube defects develop during pregnancy. : A clear, accessible overview of the condition,

Anencephaly is a severe, fatal neural tube defect (NTD) where a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. This condition occurs during the third or fourth week of pregnancy when the upper part of the neural tube fails to close. While there is no known cure, health organizations emphasize that sufficient folic acid intake before and during early pregnancy can significantly reduce the risk.