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  2. Phocomelia - Wikipedia

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    When an individual is born with phocomelia due to drugs or pharmaceuticals, it is known as thalidomide syndrome. The symptoms of thalidomide syndrome are defined by absent or shortened limbs, causing flipper hands and feet. According to Anthony J Perri III and Sylvia Hsu they can additionally receive: [7] Palsy disorder of the face

  3. Congenital amputation - Wikipedia

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    Congenital amputation is the least common reason for amputation, but a study published in BMC Musculoskelet Disorders found that 21.1 in 10,000 babies were born with a missing or deformed limb between 1981 and 2010 in the Netherlands, [1] and the CDC estimates that 4 in 10,000 babies are born in the United States with upper limb reductions and ...

  4. Amelia (birth defect) - Wikipedia

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    Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs. [1] [2] The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetra-amelia for the absence of all four limbs.

  5. List of syndromes - Wikipedia

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    Babinski–Nageotte syndrome; Baboon syndrome; Baggio–Yoshinari syndrome; Baller–Gerold syndrome; Bamforth–Lazarus syndrome; Bangstad syndrome; Bannayan–Riley–Ruvalcaba syndrome

  6. Her baby girl’s deformed limbs inspired her to provide free ...

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    The prosthesis came from the IREDE Foundation, a Nigerian group that provides children like her with free artificial limbs that normally cost $2,000 to $3,000. Crystal Chigbu, founder and CEO of ...

  7. Tetra-amelia syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Hirotada Ototake (born 1976), Japanese sportswriter. Nick Vujicic (born 1982), The founder of Life Without Limbs. [6] A speaker and evangelist from Australia and America. [7] Prince Randian (1871–1934), A Guyanese-born American performer and a famous limbless sideshow performer of the early 1900s, best known for his ability to roll cigarettes ...

  8. Nigerian group provides hundreds of prosthetic limbs to ... - AOL

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    The prosthesis came from the IREDE Foundation, a Nigerian group that provides children like her with free artificial limbs that normally cost $2,0

  9. List of childhood diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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    Candida albicans infection; Candida parapsilosis infection; Cytomegalovirus infection; diphtheria; human coronavirus infection; respiratory distress syndrome; measles; meconium aspiration syndrome