1. Anencephaly is shown to occur approximately twice as frequently in females.2. Some genetic research has been conducted to determine the causes of anencephaly . 3. Roughly half of these children die immediately from anencephaly . 4. The clinical spectrum of the disorder includes encephalocele, craniorachischisis, and anencephaly . 5. *I think you're thinking of anencephaly . 6. A baby with anencephaly does not develop a brain and dies shortly after birth. 7. Another type, anencephaly , results in babies who are missing most of the brain. 8. Anencephaly is a fatal condition in which the brain never completely develops or is absent.9. While anencephaly experiences a partial to total lack of the neurocranium, iniencephaly does not. 10. Cervical vertebrae are malformed and reduced in iniencephaly while they are almost normal in anencephaly .
