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Deformations associated with arthrogryposis
Author(s) -
Hall Judith G.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.62151
Subject(s) - arthrogryposis , fetus , anatomy , medicine , biology , pregnancy , genetics
Fetal movement is essential to normal human development. If the fetus does not move for whatever reason, then multiple organs and organ systems develop secondary and tertiary effects not normally present. Most of these are deformations with secondary structural damage.