Neural crest formation / Marianne Bronner-Fraser -- The embryonic basis of neural tube defects / Nicholas D.E. Greene, Andrew J. Copp -- The zebrafish as a model for analyzing neural tube defects / Hakryul Jo ... [et al.] -- Genetic regulation of early nervous system development / Ellen M. Carpenter -- Physical examination of the spine / Sergio A. Mendoza, Stuart L. Weinstein -- Classification of neural tube defects / Cynthia A. Moore -- Syndromes with neural tube defects / Laurie H. Seaver, Roger E. Stevenson -- The tethered cord syndrome / Cary R. Templin, John F. Sarwark -- Prenatal screening and diagnosis of neural tube defects / Glenn J. Gardener, Charles H. Rodeck -- Methodological issues in the study of neural tube defects / Russell S. Kirby -- Birth defects surveillance systems and neural tube defects / Lowell E. Sever --

An international perspective on anencephaly and spina bifida: prevalences by the turn of the century / Rolv T. Lie -- Maternal exposure to selected environmental factors and risk for neural tube defects in the offspring / Diego F. Wyszynski -- Nonsyndromic neural tube defects: genetic basis and genetic investigations / Evadnie Rampersaud, Elizabeth C. Melvin, Marcy C. Speer -- Genetic risk factors for neural tube defects: variants in folate metabolism / Rima Rozen -- Genetics of syndromic neural tube defects / Sonja A. Rasmussen, Jaime L. Frías -- Mouse mutants as models of neural tube defects / Andrew J. Copp, Nicholas D.E. Greene, Jennifer N. Murdoch -- Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele / Kelly A. Bennett ... [et al.] -- Postnatal surgery for myelomeningocele / Jonathan P. Miller, Alan R. Cohen -- Neurosurgical management of adults with spina bifida / Harold L. Rekate -- Orthopedic surgery / Luciano Dias --

Urological care and management of patients with neural tube defects / David B. Joseph -- Cognition, education, and learning disorders / Gregory S. Liptak -- Transition to adulthood / Gregory S. Liptak -- Transition/separation, toilet training and sexuality / David B. Shurtleff, Carole A. Sobkowiak, William Walker -- Psychological adjustment and family relationships in children and adolescents with spina bifida / Rachel Neff Greenley ... [et al.] -- When and how to communicate with people with spina bifida and their families / Sonya G. Oppenheimer -- Genetic counseling and interpretation of risk figures / Robert A. Saul -- Preventing all folic acid-preventable spina bifida / Godfrey P. Oakley Jr. -- The half-life of cost-of-illness estimates: the case of spina bifida / Norman J. Waitzman, Patrick S. Romano, Scott D. Grosse -- Insurance and coverage of care for individuals with spina bifida and other neural tube defects / Holly Grason, Jamie J. Perry -- Assessment of health-related quality of life in individuals with neural tube defects / Jim Stevenson, Ineke M. Pit-ten Cate -- Ethics at the forefront: moral decisions and responsibility when confronted with spina bifida / Mark J. Bliton.