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  2. Phocomelia - Wikipedia

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    Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which result in a flipper-like appendage. [1] [2] A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother being prescribed the use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined.

  3. Roberts syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of symptoms that have been associated with Roberts syndrome: [citation needed] Bilateral symmetric tetraphocomelia- a birth defect in which the hands and feet are attached to shortened arms and legs; Prenatal growth retardation An example of a severely affected Roberts syndrome Patient

  4. Birth defect - Wikipedia

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    Birth defects are divided into two main types: structural disorders in which problems are seen with the shape of a body part and functional disorders in which problems exist with how a body part works. [3] Functional disorders include metabolic and degenerative disorders. [3] Some birth defects include both structural and functional disorders. [3]

  5. Arthrogryposis - Wikipedia

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    Often, every joint in a patient with arthrogryposis is affected; in 84% all limbs are involved, in 11% only the legs, and in 4% only the arms are involved. [4] Every joint in the body, when affected, displays typical signs and symptoms: for example, the shoulder (internal rotation); wrist (volar and ulnar); hand (fingers in fixed flexion and thumb in palm); hip (flexed, abducted and externally ...

  6. Her fetus had a fatal birth defect. She had to fly out of ...

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    Her doctor explained that most babies diagnosed with the condition die before they are born or within 5 to 15 days after birth due to severe defects, said Lopes, who worked as a nurse for 14 years ...

  7. Mom receives shocking diagnosis the same day she gives birth ...

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  8. Thalidomide scandal - Wikipedia

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    Feet of a baby born to a mother who had taken thalidomide while pregnant. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the use of thalidomide in 46 countries by women who were pregnant or who subsequently became pregnant resulted in the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever," with more than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of ...

  9. Baby with extremely rare defect born with one eye in middle ...

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    The Egyptian mother gave birth at a private hospital in El Senbellawein. Dr. Ahmed Badruddin, the baby's doctor, says that the boy has a full head of hair and very large ears.

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