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  1. Spina bifida - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Dec 19, 2023 · In babies with spina bifida, a portion of the neural tube doesn't close all the way. This affects the spinal cord and bones of the spine. Spina bifida can range from being mild to …

  2. Spina Bifida: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

    May 27, 2025 · What Is Spina Bifida? Spina bifida occulta is the most common spina bifida. The other spina bifida types are meningocele and myelomeningocele. Spina bifida is a type of …

  3. Spina bifida - Wikipedia

    Spina bifida occurs when local regions of the neural tube fail to fuse or there is failure in formation of the vertebral neural arches. Neural arch formation occurs in the first month of embryonic …

  4. Spina Bifida - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    Apr 7, 2025 · What is spina bifida? Spina bifida is a birth disorder in which the spine doesn’t fully develop. In the first month of pregnancy, a group of cells normally forms the “neural tube,” …

  5. Spina bifida causes, symptoms and treatment - Children's …

    Spina bifida is a birth defect in which an area of the spinal column doesn’t form properly, leaving a section of the spinal cord and spinal nerves exposed through an opening in the back.

  6. What is Spina Bifida - Spina Bifida Association

    Approximately 166,000 individuals in the United States have Spina Bifida. It’s a type of neural tube defect (NTD) that occurs when a baby’s neural tube fails to develop or close properly – …

  7. Spina Bifida - Harvard Health

    May 28, 2025 · Spina bifida is one of a group of disorders called neural tube defects — malformations of the brain, spinal cord, or their coverings. Spina bifida occurs when a fetus's …

  8. About Spina Bifida | Spina Bifida | CDC

    Jan 2, 2025 · Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect (NTD). Spina bifida can happen anywhere along the spine if the …

  9. Spina Bifida - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Spina bifida is a group of congenital conditions involving the failure of normal development of the spinal cord and vertebrae. There are three main types of spina bifida, the most severe being …

  10. Spina Bifida: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnoses, and Treatment - WebMD

    Apr 24, 2024 · Several types of spina bifida can affect an infant’s spine. Find out more about them as well as the symptoms, causes, and treatments.