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    Dysmelia (from the Greek dys (δυσ-), "bad" + mélos (μέλος), "limb" + English suffix -ia) is a congenital disorder of a limb resulting from a disturbance...
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    Meanwhile, in West Germany, it took some time before the increase in dysmelia at the end of the 1950s was connected with thalidomide. In 1958, Karl Beck...
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    extremely rare congenital disorder involving malformation of the limbs (dysmelia). Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire coined the term in 1836. The symptoms...
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    total loss due to illness, trauma, or congenital limb deficiency (e.g. dysmelia). Leg-length difference - Significant bone shortening occurs in one leg...
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    total loss due to illness, trauma, or congenital limb deficiency (e.g., dysmelia). Leg-length difference – Significant bone shortening occurs in one leg...
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    including Poland syndrome and Weyer Ulnar Ray Syndrome. It is a type of dysmelia. Ectrodactyly is an extreme instance of oligodactyly, involving the absence...
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    affected individual has more than the usual number of limbs. It is a type of dysmelia. In humans and most land-dwelling vertebrates, this means having five or...
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    Brachydactyly is an inherited, dominant trait. It most often occurs as an isolated dysmelia, but can also occur with other anomalies as part of many congenital syndromes...
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    given to compensate for the missing limb(s). Amniotic band constriction Dysmelia Hemimelia Phocomelia Thalidomide Bowen, Richard E.; Otsuka, Norman Y. (2020)...
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  • Northern Ireland and grew up in the village of Ballykelly. She was born with dysmelia in her lower arms which resulted in her left arm not fully developing....
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    When the order is not known, it is a syndrome. A limb anomaly is called a dysmelia. These include all forms of limbs anomalies, such as amelia, ectrodactyly...
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    (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 21) Erlangen, Germany Sport Country  Germany Sport Paralympic swimming Disability Dysmelia Disability class S3 Medal record...
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    Pfeiffer syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Pfeiffer syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, characterized by the premature fusion of certain bones of the skull (craniosynostosis), which affects the...
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  • an der Havel, Germany Sport Country  Germany Sport Paralympic swimming Disability Dysmelia Disability class S4, SB3, SM4 Club SC Potsdam Medal record...
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  • competitors who were single arm above the elbow amputees, had double-arm dysmelia type ectromelia, had single arm paralysis or had a fixed shoulder joint...
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    Patau syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Patau syndrome is a syndrome caused by a chromosomal abnormality, in which some or all of the cells of the body contain extra genetic material from chromosome...
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    Keszthely, Hungary Sport Country  Hungary Sport Paralympic swimming Disability Dysmelia, scoliosis Disability class S6, SB4, SM6 Club Vasas SC Coached by Álmos...
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    Joubert syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Joubert syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the cerebellum, an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination...
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    Constriction ring syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Constriction ring syndrome (CRS) is a congenital disorder with unknown cause. Because of the unknown cause there are many different, and sometimes incorrect...
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    Poland syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Poland syndrome is a birth defect characterized by an underdeveloped chest muscle and short webbed fingers on one side of the body. There may also be short...
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  • 54 kg (119 lb) Sport Country  Spain Sport Paralympic swimming Disability Dysmelia Disability class S10, SB9, SM10 Club Bidadoa 21 Coached by Javier De Aymerich...
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    Holt–Oram syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Holt–Oram syndrome (also called atrio-digital syndrome, atriodigital dysplasia, cardiac-limb syndrome, heart-hand syndrome type 1, HOS, ventriculo-radial...
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    Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Ellis–Van Creveld syndrome (also called mesoectodermal dysplasia but see 'Nomenclature' section below) is a rare genetic disorder of the skeletal dysplasia...
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    Silver–Russell syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Silver–Russell syndrome, also called Silver–Russell dwarfism, is a rare congenital growth disorder. In the United States it is usually referred to as Russell–Silver...
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    VACTERL association (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    The VACTERL association (also VATER association, and less accurately VACTERL syndrome) refers to a recognized group of birth defects which tend to co-occur...
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  • acquired amputations and dysmelia resembling acquired amputations." Their classification system excludes people with "dysmelia not resembling acquired...
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    Hanhart syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Hanhart syndrome is a broadly classified medical condition consisting of congenital disorders that cause an undeveloped tongue and malformed extremities...
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    Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder, and is one of the RASopathies. It was first described in 1986. It is characterized...
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  • TAR syndrome (category Syndromes with dysmelia)
    TAR syndrome (thrombocytopenia with absent radius) is a rare genetic disorder that is characterized by the absence of the radius bone in the forearm and...
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  • (4 ft 10 in) Sport Country  Germany Sport Paralympic swimming Disability Dysmelia Disability class S3 Club TSV Bayer Leverkusen Coached by Marion Haas-Faller...
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