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Body Stalk Anomaly

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Body stalk anomaly, sometimes also called limb body wall complex, is a rare abdominal wall defect due to failure of the development of the body stalk. Prevalence is estimated to be 0.32 per 10,000 births.

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  1. Medical Genetics, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shreveport, LA, USA

    Harold Chen

  2. Perinatal and Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71130, USA

    Harold Chen

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Chen, H. (2016). Body Stalk Anomaly. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6430-3_27-2

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