A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause. Birth defects may result...
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Amelia is the birth defect of lacking one or more limbs. The term may be modified to indicate the number of legs or arms missing at birth, such as tetra-amelia...
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Transposition of the great vessels, cardiac transposition, a congenital heart defect with malformation of any of the major vessels Transposition of teeth Penoscrotal...
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Look up defect in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Defect or defects may refer to: Angular defect, in geometry Birth defect, an abnormal condition present...
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present at birth. A congenital heart defect is classed as a cardiovascular disease. Signs and symptoms depend on the specific type of defect. Symptoms...
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noted. The NCI study provides limited evidence of an increased risk of birth defects in the sons or daughters of women who were exposed prenatally to DES...
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Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a group of birth defects in which an opening in the spine or cranium remains from early in human development. In the third...
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Thalidomide scandal (section Birth defect crisis)
While initially deemed to be safe in pregnancy, concerns regarding birth defects were noted in 1961, and the medication was removed from the market in...
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (redirect from Alcohol-Related Birth Defect)
effects (FAE), partial fetal alcohol effects (PFAE), alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD), and static encephalopathy, but these terms have fallen out of...
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usually symptomless at birth. It usually manifests a few weeks after birth.[citation needed] VSD is an acyanotic congenital heart defect, aka a left-to-right...
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Thalidomide (section Birth defect crisis)
teratogen and carries an extremely high risk of severe, life-threatening birth defects if administered during pregnancy. It causes skeletal deformities such...
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March of Dimes (redirect from March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
organization expanded its focus to the prevention of birth defects and infant mortality. In 2005, as preterm birth emerged as the leading cause of death for children...
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Birth Defects Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal of birth defects published by Wiley on behalf of the Society for Birth Defects Research and...
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Spina bifida (redirect from Sacral defect anterior sacral meningocele)
Spina bifida (SB; /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfɪdə/, Latin for 'split spine') is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around...
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The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) was founded in 1997. It is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit volunteer organization whose members are involved...
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Defect of birth was, under former Roman Catholic canon law, a canonical impediment to ordination as a result of illegitimacy. Defect of birth inhibited...
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Esophageal atresia (section Associated birth defects)
Esophageal atresia is a congenital medical condition (birth defect) that affects the alimentary tract. It causes the esophagus to end in a blind-ended...
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Short Creek Community (section Birth defects)
Future. Retrieved August 3, 2017. Hollenhorst, John (February 9, 2006). "Birth defect is plaguing children in FLDS towns". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved August...
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1986 California Proposition 65 (redirect from This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm)
protect drinking water sources from toxic substances that cause cancer or birth defects and to reduce or eliminate exposures to those chemicals generally, such...
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Constriction ring syndrome (redirect from ADAM (birth defect))
other malformations associated with congenital ring constrictions". Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser (14): 547. Light TR, Ogden JA (1993). "Congenital constriction...
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Otto Wood (category 1894 births)
illegal whiskey, and fight. He suffered from a foot ailment due to a birth defect, and lost his left hand when he was a teenager. According to some reports...
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Incest taboo (section Birth defects and inbreeding)
the version of homozygous alleles responsible for a birth defect from its parents, the birth defect will be expressed; on the other hand, should the child...
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delivery, including injuries caused by trauma. Birth injuries must be distinguished from birth defects. "Birth defect" refers to damage that occurs while the...
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Gastroschisis is a birth defect in which the baby's intestines extend outside of the abdomen through a hole next to the belly button. The size of the hole...
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James V. Neel led the study which found that the overall number of birth defects was not significantly higher among the children of survivors who were...
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Childbirth (redirect from Child birth)
Asynclitic birth, an abnormal birth position Birth defect Childbirth positions Coffin birth Ferguson reflex Maternal health Multiple birth Obstetrical...
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Cloacal exstrophy (EC) is a severe birth defect wherein much of the abdominal organs (the bladder and intestines) are exposed. It often causes the splitting...
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Cereblon (section Birth defects)
"Researchers Gain New Insights into the Mystery of Thalidomide-Caused Birth Defect". Scientific American. Retrieved 2010-03-11. Anon. "Thalidomide - A Second...
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Cleidocranial dysostosis (CCD), also called cleidocranial dysplasia, is a birth defect that mostly affects the bones and teeth. The collarbones are typically...
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Advanced maternal age (redirect from Birth postponement)
increases with her age. Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal birth defect, and a woman's risk of having a baby with Down syndrome is: Risk of having...
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