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Spina bifida
Spina bifida is the most common of all birth defects. Its name means "clef spine," or a failure of a foetal spine to close the right way when it is developing before birth. It occurs very early in pregnancy, roughly three to four weeks after conception, before most women know that they are pregnant. Any woman can have an affected pregnancy. Most women who bear a child with Spina bifida have no family history of it.
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