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Case Reports
. 2002 Dec;31(4):377-9.

Sirenomelia in one of Nigerian monochorionic twins

A M O Shonubi  1 , B A Salami, A G Falade, A B Ejiwunmi
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Case Reports

Sirenomelia in one of Nigerian monochorionic twins

A M O Shonubi et al. Afr J Med Med Sci. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

A 1,600 gm baby with sirenomelia (caudal regression syndrome) associated with extensive anomalies in the internal organs occurring in one of a set of monochromic twins delivered at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Shagamu, Nigeria is being reported. The baby lived for approximately twenty hours. The co-twin had no obvious malformation.

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