Journal:
:acta medica iranica
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fatemeh davari tanha department of obstetric and gynecology, mirza kochak-khan hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
farzaneh mirzaaghaee department of obstetric and gynecology, mirza kochak-khan hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
marzie karimi khezri department of obstetric and gynecology, mirza kochak-khan hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
mahbod kaveh department of obstetric and gynecology, mirza kochak-khan hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
limb bud first appears during the third week of gestation with the upper limb buds appearing a few days before the lower limb buds. complete absence of one or more limbs, called amelia, occurs prior to the eighth week of gestation. we report a case of amelia in a twin gestation.