Friday, July 20, 2012

South african baby brain defect

  • JOHANNESBURG — A South African doctor says a baby boy born earlier in July with his brain outside his head is unlikely to survive. Dr.
  • (CBS News)
  • This photo taken Thursday July 19, 2012, shows baby Mokoena born earlier in July with his brain outside his head, being cared for at a hospital in Kroonstad, South Africa.
  • (KCBY)
  • Neural tube defects are birth defects that affect the tissue that grows into the spinal cord and brain. * Anencephaly occurs early in the development of an unborn baby. * It results when the upper part of the neural tube fails to close.
  • (Independent Online)

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