phocomelia

Shortly after the drug was sold, in Germany, between 5,000 and 7,000 infants were born with phocomelia.

Fraser was born with phocomelia of both arms, due to his mother being prescribed thalidomide during her pregnancy.

In 1836 he coined the term phocomelia.

Patients that receive a loss of limbs due to phocomelia are typically treated with prosthetics.

She has a rarer form of phocomelia, meaning all of her limbs are affected.

By contrast, there had been only one case of phocomelia out of 210,000 births in Hamburg between 1930 and 1955.

The same of course has happened with thalidomide and the causation of phocomelia in human embryos.

He was known for his seal-like arms, which were caused by a genetic medical condition known as phocomelia.

Mat Fraser was born with phocomelia from his mother taking thalidomide while she was pregnant.

Alison Lapper was born without arms and with truncated legs, a condition called phocomelia.

When an individual is born with phocomelia due to drugs or pharmaceuticals, it is known as thalidomide syndrome.

Alison Lapper was born with the "limb deficiency" phocomelia.

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Although various numbers of factors can cause phocomelia, the prominent roots come from the use of the drug thalidomide and from genetic inheritance.

An individual containing phocomelia will have chromosome copies that do not connect at the centromeres, making them unable to line up accordingly.

In phocomelia the cells cease to develop, or die, preventing proper development of the limbs, eyes, brain, palate, or other structures.

Infants born with phocomelia will normally have a petite head with "sparse hair" that may appear "silvery-blonde."

Americans are less familiar with his condition, called phocomelia, than Europeans, because the Food and Drug Administration refused to approve thalidomide in 1960.

For many years, some researchers believed that Robert's syndrome and SC phocomelia syndrome were separate disorders.

According to NORD, severe symptoms of phocomelia include:

He was brought up as a Polish Catholic and suffered from an extremely rare congenital disorder known as phocomelia, which caused his "seal arms".

Critics of the new work have noted that Ms. Lapper, whose birth defect is called phocomelia syndrome, hardly has a monopoly on disability.

In the late 50s and early 60s, more than 10,000 children in 46 countries were born with deformities such as phocomelia, as a consequence of thalidomide use.

According to NORD, individuals carrying phocomelia syndrome will generally show symptoms of growth retardation previous to and after birth.

Throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States, 10,000 cases were reported of infants with phocomelia; only 50% of the 10,000 survived.