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cranlum bifidum thus involves <strong>the</strong> establ ishment <strong>of</strong> a regular serles <strong>of</strong><br />

speclmens between pre-neurul<strong>at</strong>ion and I<strong>at</strong>e fetal stages.<br />

1.8 PROGNOS tS<br />

The current emphasis on early surgical correct¡on, facilit<strong>at</strong>ed by<br />

<strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> antibiotics and <strong>the</strong> control led drainage <strong>of</strong> hydrocephal<br />

ic fluîd, l^:s gre<strong>at</strong>ly increased <strong>the</strong> survivar <strong>of</strong> dysraphic infants<br />

(Sharrard et al., 1967) . However where neural tissue ís involved <strong>the</strong><br />

damage is irreversible, so th<strong>at</strong> anencephaly is always f<strong>at</strong>al vrhí le myelcmen<strong>ln</strong>gocele<br />

invariably produces some degree <strong>of</strong> neurological impairment,<br />

The survival <strong>of</strong> an increasing number <strong>of</strong> affected infants poses serrous<br />

social and economic problems (Tizard, l968; Lîghtowler, 1971). These<br />

wîll only be avoíded when <strong>the</strong> dysraphic st<strong>at</strong>es <strong>the</strong>mselves are preventable<br />

through a fuller understanding <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir etio¡ogy.

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