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WHAT IS SPINA BIFIDA?

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Spina bifida is a birth defect that occurs when a fetus’s backbone (spine) does not form as expected. The defect occurs during the early stages of pregnancy. The term “spina bifida” is a Latin phrase that means “open spine.” It is the result of incomplete closing of membranes around the spinal cord during a fetus’s initial development.



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