Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which results in a flipper-like appendage. A prominent cause of...
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than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of miscarriages. Thalidomide was introduced in 1953...
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limbs: shortening (micromelia, rhizomelia or mesomelia), ectrodactyly, phocomelia, meromelia, syndactyly, brachydactyly, club foot extra limbs: polymelia...
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Mat Fraser (actor) (category People with phocomelia)
musician, actor, writer and performance artist. He has thalidomide-induced phocomelia. Between 1980 and 1995 Fraser was a drummer with several rock bands including...
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Roberts syndrome (redirect from Roberts SC-Phocomelia syndrome)
Syndrome SC Syndrome Pseudothalidomide Syndrome Roberts-SC Phocomelia Syndrome SC Phocomelia Syndrome Appelt-Gerken-Lenz Syndrome SC Pseudothalidomide...
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Indian para-archer. She was born with a rare medical condition called phocomelia, causing her to be born without arms. She is the first and only international...
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deformities such as amelia (absence of legs and/or arms), absence of bones, and phocomelia (malformation of the limbs). A single dose of thalidomide, regardless...
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leukemia Phocomelia contractures absent thumb Phocomelia ectrodactyly deafness sinus arrhythmia Phocomelia Schinzel type Phocomelia syndrome Phocomelia thrombocytopenia...
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long bones are missing or underdeveloped. Examples include: Amelia Hemimelia Phocomelia Sirenomelia "ectromelia" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary v t e...
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part is missing, it is referred to as longitudinal deficiency. Finally, phocomelia occurs when only a mid-portion of a limb is missing; for example when...
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abnormality Disfigurement Genetic variation Malformation Monstrous birth Phocomelia Polymelia Teratology Lockhart JA (November 1967). "Physical nature of...
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Matthias Buchinger (category People with phocomelia)
born in Ansbach, Germany, without hands or legs, now considered to be Phocomelia. An artist and performer, he "traveled all over Northern Europe to entertain...
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for the missing limb(s). Amniotic band constriction Dysmelia Hemimelia Phocomelia Thalidomide Bowen, Richard E.; Otsuka, Norman Y. (2020). "The Child with...
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dermopathy 2 Rienhoff syndrome Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 4 Roberts-SC phocomelia syndrome Robinow syndrome, autosomal recessive 2 Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome...
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Thomas Quasthoff (category People with phocomelia)
defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is 1.34 m (4 ft 4+3⁄4 in), and has phocomelia. Quasthoff was born in Hildesheim with serious birth defects caused by...
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These include all forms of limbs anomalies, such as amelia, ectrodactyly, phocomelia, polymelia, polydactyly, syndactyly, polysyndactyly, oligodactyly, brachydactyly...
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abnormalities such as oligodactyly (fewer than normal fingers or toes), and phocomelia (malformed limbs), and facial abnormalities including a long philtrum...
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deformities such as thumb absence, underdevelopment of entire limbs, or phocomelia. Thalidomide may have caused teratogenic effects in over 10,000 babies...
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Cases of severe phocomelia induced by Thalidomide...
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than usual began to be born in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands with phocomelia, a previously very rare condition in which limbs are absent or small and...
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Amastia (redirect from Phocomelia Schinzel type)
Amastia refers to a rare clinical anomaly in which both internal breast tissue and the visible nipple are absent on one or both sides. It affects both...
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than 10,000 children born with a range of severe deformities, such as phocomelia, as well as thousands of miscarriages. Thalidomide was introduced in 1953...
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Sealo (category People with phocomelia)
seal-like arms, which were caused by a congenital medical condition known as phocomelia. In 2001, Mat Fraser's play inspired by Sealo called Sealboy: Freak debuted...
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until it was recognized that thalidomide is teratogenic and is a cause of phocomelia in neonates. Hyperemesis gravidarum is from the Greek hyper-, meaning...
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character "Roger", played by Mat Fraser, who has thalidomide-induced phocomelia, struggles with receiving an award which he seems to receive for simply...
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Oscar Pistorius (category People with phocomelia)
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (/pɪˈstɔːriəs/ pist-OR-ee-əs, Afrikaans: [pəˈstuəriœs]; born 22 November 1986) is a South African former professional sprinter...
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Manske PR, Busa R, Mills J, Carter P, Ezaki M (2005). "Upper-extremity phocomelia reexamined: a longitudinal dysplasia". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 87 (12):...
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punctata types 1 and 2 Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome 1 and 3 Roberts-SC phocomelia syndrome Robinow syndrome, autosomal recessive 2 Rothmund-Thomson syndrome...
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Nick Vujicic (category People with phocomelia)
Nicholas James Vujicic (/ˈvuːɪtʃɪtʃ/ VOO-itch-itch; born 4 December 1982) is an Australian-American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker of Serbian...
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Oligodactyly Pallister–Killian syndrome Pectus excavatum Pectus carinatum Phocomelia Pierre Robin syndrome Poland syndrome Polydactyly Polymelia Polysyndactyly...
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