Spina bifida literally means “cleft spine.” It is characterized by the incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or meninges (the protective covering around the brain and spinal cord).
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What is Spina Bifida?
Submitted by Steve Ross on Fri, 12/22/2006 - 8:36pm.
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Why you shouldn't become Pregnant in Corpus Christi, TX
Submitted by Cookie on Sat, 07/15/2006 - 1:31pm.
Some startling facts are coming from the Texas Birth Defects Registry which has been crunching numbers from 6 years of data to try to see if there is a link between the very high rate of birth defects and environmental hazards such as refineries and landfills in Nueces County.
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