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Sirenomelia: the Mermaid Syndrome
Sirenomelia (the Mermaid Syndrome) is a rare and lethal congenital anomaly with an incidence of one in 100,000 of normal pregnancies. It is an extremely rare set of birth defects, which can vary in expression. The condition gets its name from one of the defects present, which is a fusing of the legs. The fused nature of the legs has been compared to a mermaid in appearance, hence the name. The ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1958
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.33.169.226