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Monozygotic twinning, cerebral palsy and congenital anomalies

Author(s) -

P O Pharoah,

Y Dündar

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

human reproduction update

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.977

H-Index - 180

eISSN - 1362-4946

pISSN - 1355-4786

DOI - 10.1093/humupd/dmp019

Subject(s) - cerebral palsy , etiology , holoprosencephaly , medicine , monochorionic twins , pregnancy , fetus , biology , genetics , pathology , psychiatry

The majority of cases of cerebral palsy (CP) have their pathogenesis during fetal development and are a form of congenital anomaly, the aetiology of which is uncertain. Anomalous development of other organs evident at birth is also a congenital anomaly. A small proportion of these are known to be caused by chromosomal or gene abnormalities, environmental teratogens and dietary deficiencies. The majority are of unknown aetiology.

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