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  • Title: Sirenomelia in one of Nigerian monochorionic twins.
    Author: Shonubi AM, Salami BA, Falade AG, Ejiwunmi AB.
    Journal: Afr J Med Med Sci; 2002 Dec; 31(4):377-9. PubMed ID: 15027784.
    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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